http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/2009/10/institute_of_me.html$190 billion excessive insurance administrative costs absorbed by doctors and hospitals
$ 20 billion insurance company inefficiencies
$210 billion unnecessary services (brand name drugs instead of generics, repetitive tests and procedures, etc)
$ 85 billion prices too high for doctors and hospitals (relative to benchmarks)
$ 20 billion prices too high for drugs and devices (relative to benchmarks)
$ 75 billion errors and avoidable complications
$ 80 billion inefficient delivery of services
$ 75 billion fraud
$ 55 billion missed opportunities for disease prevention
The PDF:
http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/73/727/Closing%20Comments.pdf