For the study, UBA gathered survey responses from 19,557 health plans and 11,524 employers, who cumulatively employ more than two and a half million employees and insure more than five million members.
Here are three study findings.
1. The average annual cost of an employer-sponsored PPO decreased slightly from $9,736 in 2015 to $9,727 in 2016.
2. Of the $9,727 total in 2016, employees contributed an average of $3,378 and employers contributed an average of $6,350.
3. Employers raised median out-of-network deductibles from $3,000 in 2015 to $3,400 in 2016, or a 13.3 percent increase.
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