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I am no expert on this but can hopefully point you in the right direction based on what I learned recently (here on hn!) Assuming you are in the USA- they just

I am no expert on this but can hopefully point you in the right direction based on what I learned recently (here on hn!) Assuming you are in the USA- they just passed a law where all hospitals will need to publicly publish the list of all the procedures they do and the cost. Until now this,as I understand this was guarded very tightly and the common person would never get it. This information is maintained in what is called a “chargemaster” (charge description master). So I am thinking you can possibly download a few chargemasters abd then process it via queries etc and get a longer list of procedures. Hopefully this set you in the right direction.

JabavuAdams 5y ago
I'm in Canada, but this is quite helpful, nonetheless. Thanks!
- kashunstva 5y ago
  Not an incredible help, but I’m Canadian and married to a vascular surgeon. I have never seen a public list but their procedural billings go through a web application of some sort to the Ministry of Health (Ontario). I do know that the process is somewhat composed because there are elements that make for longer or more complicated variations of any given procedure. The Ministry of Health of whatever province you’re in may be a help.
MathCodeLove 5y ago
Holy crap really? Whats the name of this law?
- quietthrow 5y ago
  Sorry not sure about the name of the law. But I learned what I indicated on HN. I would search on HN for the word “charge master” or “chargemaster” and see you can see the hits. I think I learned about this in the last 2 months (90% confidence) so to be safe May be narrow your search to last 6months. The word is quite unique so there shouldn’t be too many hits to sift through. Also looked like hn user aurizon posted google and npr links a few comments below about how this law is being fought.
- wefarrell 5y ago
  Search “hospital price transparency law”. For example: https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency
quietthrow 5y ago
For eg here is Stanford healthcare’s charge master in json https://stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/patientsandvisitors/pricingtransparency/94-6174066_Stanford%20Hospital%20_StandardCharges.json https://stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/patientsandvi...

JabavuAdams 5y ago

I'm in Canada, but this is quite helpful, nonetheless. Thanks!

kashunstva 5y ago
Not an incredible help, but I’m Canadian and married to a vascular surgeon. I have never seen a public list but their procedural billings go through a web application of some sort to the Ministry of Health (Ontario). I do know that the process is somewhat composed because there are elements that make for longer or more complicated variations of any given procedure. The Ministry of Health of whatever province you’re in may be a help.

MathCodeLove 5y ago

Holy crap really? Whats the name of this law?

quietthrow 5y ago
Sorry not sure about the name of the law. But I learned what I indicated on HN. I would search on HN for the word “charge master” or “chargemaster” and see you can see the hits. I think I learned about this in the last 2 months (90% confidence) so to be safe May be narrow your search to last 6months. The word is quite unique so there shouldn’t be too many hits to sift through. Also looked like hn user aurizon posted google and npr links a few comments below about how this law is being fought.
wefarrell 5y ago
Search “hospital price transparency law”. For example: https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency

quietthrow 5y ago

For eg here is Stanford healthcare’s charge master in json https://stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/patientsandvisitors/pricingtransparency/94-6174066_Stanford%20Hospital%20_StandardCharges.json https://stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/patientsandvi...