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Medical payables | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Health Care Organizations [Abstract] |
Medical payables |
12. | Medical payables
The healthcare costs shown in the following table include estimates for the cost of professional medical services provided by non-employed physicians and other providers, as well as inpatient and other ancillary costs for all markets, other than California, where state regulation allows for the assumption of global risk. Healthcare costs payable are included in medical payables. The following table shows the components of changes in the healthcare costs payable for the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Healthcare costs payable, beginning of the year |  | $ | 212,641 |  |  | $ | 214,405 |
Add: Components of incurred healthcare costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 1,673,742 |  |  |  | 1,587,036 |
Prior years |  |  | (141 | ) |  |  | 1,523 |
Total incurred healthcare costs |  |  | 1,673,601 |  |  |  | 1,588,559 |
Less: Claims paid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 1,473,723 |  |  |  | 1,397,378 |
Prior years |  |  | 198,244 |  |  |  | 192,945 |
Total claims paid |  |  | 1,671,967 |  |  |  | 1,590,323 |
Healthcare costs payable, end of the year |  | $ | 214,275 |  |  | $ | 212,641 |
The Company’s prior year estimates of healthcare costs payable resulted in medical claims being settled for different amounts than originally estimated. When significant increases (decreases) in prior-year healthcare cost estimates occur that the Company believes significantly impacts its current year operating results, the Company discloses that amount as unfavorable (favorable) development of prior-year’s healthcare cost estimates. Actual claim payments for prior year services have not been materially different from the Company’s year-end estimates.

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