Scripps' Epic EHR automates supply price markups up to 675%

Epic lists the charge from the chargemaster, a Scripps spokesperson told Becker's on Dec. 13, adding that the health system provides a discount for cash payments if a patient does not go through an insurance company. Payers then determine separately from providers what they will cover versus what patients will pay, and "neither the insurance company nor the patient typically pay list price," the health system said.