10 of 10 · The same night
Their expensive 5% sleep in the hospital for weeks. The night is cheap. Ours is a commercial rate you cannot walk away from.
Wammes / Tanke PPP inpatient night. Sourced, not a 2022 chargemaster.
Japan posts one national fee. Every hospital gets paid that. The expensive 5% spent 97.7 inpatient nights versus 6.6 in the US — and still paid 14 cents on our night.
The US night is expensive because the tower that owns the emergency department can threaten to leave the network. The plan cannot walk, so it pays, then puts it in the premium.