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Medical Claims and Benefits Payable | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Medical Claims and Benefits Payable | Medical Claims and Benefits Payable The following table provides the details of our medical claims and benefits payable as of the dates indicated.
| September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
| (In millions)
Fee-for-service claims incurred but not paid (“IBNP”) | $ | 1,424 |  |  | $ | 1,562 |
Pharmacy payable | 128 |  |  | 115 |
Capitation payable | 57 |  |  | 52 |
Other | 366 |  |  | 232 |
| $ | 1,975 |  |  | $ | 1,961 |
“Other” medical claims and benefits payable includes non-risk provider payables, where we act as an intermediary on behalf of various government agencies, for certain providers, without assuming financial risk. Such receipts from government agencies and payments to providers do not impact our consolidated statements of income. Non-risk provider payables amounted to $239 million and $107 million as of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively. The following table presents the components of the change in our medical claims and benefits payable for the periods indicated. The amounts presented for “Components of medical care costs related to: Prior periods” represent the amounts by which our original estimate of medical claims and benefits payable at the beginning of the period were more than the actual amount of the liability, based on information (principally the payment of claims) developed since that liability was first reported.
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2019 |  | 2018
| (In millions)
Medical claims and benefits payable, beginning balance | $ | 1,961 |  |  | $ | 2,192 |
Components of medical care costs related to: |  |  |
Current period | 10,613 |  |  | 11,670 |
Prior periods (1) | (253 | ) |  | (308 | )
Total medical care costs | 10,360 |  |  | 11,362 |
Change in non-risk and other provider payables | 131 |  |  | 60 |
Payments for medical care costs related to: |  |  |
Current period | 8,996 |  |  | 9,866 |
Prior periods | 1,481 |  |  | 1,706 |
Total paid | 10,477 |  |  | 11,572 |
Medical claims and benefits payable, ending balance | $ | 1,975 |  |  | $ | 2,042 |
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(1) | The September 30, 2018, amount includes the 2018 benefit of the 2017 Marketplace CSR reimbursement of $81 million.
Our estimates of medical claims and benefits payable recorded at December 31, 2018, and 2017 developed favorably by approximately $253 million and $308 million as of September 30, 2019, and 2018, respectively. The favorable prior year development recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, was primarily due to lower than expected utilization of medical services by our Medicaid members, and improved operating performance. Consequently, the ultimate costs recognized in 2019, as claims payments were processed, were lower than our original estimates in 2018.

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