Blue Cross ties $942 million in extra hospital costs to AI
Its insurers say AI coding tools make patients look sicker on paper. Hospitals say their patients really are sicker.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association said on September 24 that hospitals billed more stays as medically complex from 2023 to 2025. It estimates that this added $942 million in costs for Blue plans, with no matching change in care, and links the rise to AI coding tools. The hospital industry calls such claims unproven.