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Same, I've been mapping out CA average prices at http://hospitalprices-env.eba-r2yhwdcw.us-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/common-procedures/ http://hospitalprices-
by egillie 6y ago
Same, I've been mapping out CA average prices at http://hospitalprices-env.eba-r2yhwdcw.us-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/common-procedures/ http://hospitalprices-env.eba-r2yhwdcw.us-west-1.elasticbean...
Comparing just the price of a hip replacement is difficult, because there are so many other services that will bundled in with a hip replacement (anesthesia etc) that may not be represented in the service price alone.
The "average cost by diagnosis code a patient comes in with" transparency requirement is an attempt at solving that, but doesn't differentiate between insurance plans.
Also, I love OpenStreetMap, thanks for your work on that!
- technics256 6y agoAre you scraping this or just visiting each site manually and getting the machine readable data? Cool stuff!!
- egillie 6y agoCalifornia collected all of their hospitals' data at https://oshpd.ca.gov/data-and-reports/cost-transparency/hospital-chargemasters/ https://oshpd.ca.gov/data-and-reports/cost-transparency/hosp... The average prices for common procedures is on the 1045 sheet I have my gripes with California but I love that they did this
- technics256 6y agoWoah, I'm a CA resident and also surprised and happy. Are you seeing a lot of non-compliance?
- egillie 6y agoCompliance seems pretty good. The ones I haven't imported are because they're using an unusual format. Compliance on the new 2021 rule about payer-negotiated charges seems very spotty though.
- SteveCoast 6y agoWould be fun to chat - my email is in the profile, tried finding yours...