Yang Wang, PhD
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Dr. Wang is a health economist and faculty at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He conducts empirical research on healthcare pricing, health insurance market, and hospital finance in the US. He is a leading expert on leveraging the hospital and payer disclosed price transparency data to examine the pricing dynamics of health services, identify factors that drive higher health expenditures, and evaluate policy interventions and industry practices designed to contain spending and promote care access.
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Education
  • PhD in Health Economics and Policy
    Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • BS in Statistics and Mathematics
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Media Coverage
2024
USA Today Dreading your colonoscopy? New tests give consumers more options and require less prep. Read more
Jan 02
2023
American Medical Association End restrictions on physician-owned hospitals to expand quality care. Read more
Aug 10
Bloomberg Law Insurers Secure Lower Rates Only 53% of the Time, Study Says. Read more
Apr 03
2022
The Wall Street Journal Hospitals Say They’re Still Ailing From Covid-19. Their Investors Feel Better. Read more
Nov 04
Forbes Rural, Smaller Hospitals Relied Heavily On Covid Relief To Survive, Study Suggests. Read more
May 13
Selected Publications (view all )
Healthcare Price Transparency: Research Findings and Implications for Policy and Practice

Yang Wang, Christopher M. Whaley, Ge Bai

Journal of General Internal Medicine 2025

[Paper]

Healthcare Price Transparency: Research Findings and Implications for Policy and Practice
Healthcare Price Transparency: Research Findings and Implications for Policy and Practice

Yang Wang, Christopher M. Whaley, Ge Bai

Journal of General Internal Medicine 2025

[Paper]

Within-Hospital Price Gaps Across National Insurers

Yang Wang, Jianhui Xu, Gerard F. Anderson

JAMA Network Open 2024

[Paper]

Within-Hospital Price Gaps Across National Insurers
Within-Hospital Price Gaps Across National Insurers

Yang Wang, Jianhui Xu, Gerard F. Anderson

JAMA Network Open 2024

[Paper]

Commercial Insurers' Market Power and Hospital Prices in Medicaid Managed Care

Yang Wang, Jeffrey Marr, Jianhui Xu, Mark K. Meiselbach

Health Services Research 2024

[Paper]

Commercial Insurers' Market Power and Hospital Prices in Medicaid Managed Care
Commercial Insurers' Market Power and Hospital Prices in Medicaid Managed Care

Yang Wang, Jeffrey Marr, Jianhui Xu, Mark K. Meiselbach

Health Services Research 2024

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The Relationships Among Cash Prices, Negotiated Rates, And Chargemaster Prices For Shoppable Hospital Services

Yang Wang, Mark Katz Meiselbach, John S. Cox, Gerard F. Anderson, Ge Bai

Health Affairs 2023

[Paper]

The Relationships Among Cash Prices, Negotiated Rates, And Chargemaster Prices For Shoppable Hospital Services
The Relationships Among Cash Prices, Negotiated Rates, And Chargemaster Prices For Shoppable Hospital Services

Yang Wang, Mark Katz Meiselbach, John S. Cox, Gerard F. Anderson, Ge Bai

Health Affairs 2023

[Paper]

Hospital Prices For Commercial Plans Are Twice Those For Medicare Advantage Plans When Negotiated By The Same Insurer

Mark K. Meiselbach, Yang Wang, Jianhui Xu, Ge Bai, Gerard F. Anderson

Health Affairs (Millwood) 2023

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Hospital Prices For Commercial Plans Are Twice Those For Medicare Advantage Plans When Negotiated By The Same Insurer
Hospital Prices For Commercial Plans Are Twice Those For Medicare Advantage Plans When Negotiated By The Same Insurer

Mark K. Meiselbach, Yang Wang, Jianhui Xu, Ge Bai, Gerard F. Anderson

Health Affairs (Millwood) 2023

[Paper]

Facility Fees for Colonoscopy Procedures at Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Yang Wang, Yuchen Wang, Elizabeth Plummer, Michael E. Chernew, Gerard F. Anderson, Ge Bai

JAMA Health Forum 2023

[Paper]

Facility Fees for Colonoscopy Procedures at Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Facility Fees for Colonoscopy Procedures at Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Yang Wang, Yuchen Wang, Elizabeth Plummer, Michael E. Chernew, Gerard F. Anderson, Ge Bai

JAMA Health Forum 2023

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Hospital Resource Allocation Decisions When Market Prices Exceed Medicare Prices

Yang Wang, Gerard F. Anderson

Health Services Research 2022

[Paper]

Hospital Resource Allocation Decisions When Market Prices Exceed Medicare Prices
Hospital Resource Allocation Decisions When Market Prices Exceed Medicare Prices

Yang Wang, Gerard F. Anderson

Health Services Research 2022

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