Costs to treat select acute conditions in 2015, by setting
This statistic displays the out-of-pocket costs to treat selected acute medical conditions in three settings in 2015. Out-of-pocket costs can be defined as costs that an insured person must pay directly to a health care provider, without assistance from a third party (government or insurance). According to the study, out-of-pocket treatment costs for an ear infection are around 36 U.S. dollars in a retail clinic, compared to 414 dollars in an emergency room setting. Per the study, almost 30 percent of conditions treated in an emergency room could have been treated in a retail clinic at much less cost.
