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Medicare/caid prices are standardized and public. They also release data on what specific hospitals bill for the most common procedures. http://www.cms.gov/Res
by showerst 13y ago
Medicare/caid prices are standardized and public. They also release data on what specific hospitals bill for the most common procedures.
http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/ http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Stat...
Dealing with Medicare/caid involves lots of additional overhead and billing oversight, but that graf is a political shot, not a fact related to transparent pricing.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoIsn't this a recent development, like two months ago? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/business/hospital-billing-varies-wildly-us-data-shows.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/business/hospital-billing-...
- showerst 13y agoThe specific provider data is recent, but the 'here's what we'll reimburse for what procedures' data has always been public, as far as I know. I think this is a link to it, but I'm not 100% sure - http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/PhysicianFeeSched/index.html?redirect=/physicianfeesched/ http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment...