See What Hospital Care Should Cost.

Under 45 CFR § 180, hospitals must publish negotiated insurer rates and self-pay cash discounts. Our two statistical engines — The BaseRate™ (confounder-isolated fair price) and VeriRate™ (0–100) (5-pillar disclosure & cash-honesty score) — let you benchmark any hospital or procedure before scheduling care or paying a bill.

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Live National Disclosure Coverage

Hospitals Mapped: 3,804

Procedure Prices Indexed: 142

Avg Negotiated Rate vs Medicare: 1.60×

Every rate is parsed from hospital machine-readable files published pursuant to 45 CFR § 180 and benchmarked against public Medicare schedules.

The BaseRate™: Denoised Fair Market Price

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Raw hospital averages confuse local wage differences and trauma acuity with price gouging. The BaseRate™ strips out CMS area wage glare, cost-of-living, and case-mix complexity to reveal the true fair commercial price for every CPT, HCPCS, and MS-DRG code — plus a built-in 26 U.S.C. § 501(r) charity-care calculator on every hospital and procedure page.

VeriRate™ (0–100): When Cash Beats Insurance

5-Pillar Scorecard

Hospitals frequently bury fake `$0.01` placeholders or unbundled stay totals inside gigabyte MRF files. VeriRate™ (0–100) audits every hospital across five pillars — Provenance, Coherence, Concordance, Regularity, and Cash Honesty — and highlights the exact percentage of procedures where paying self-pay cash beats using your insurance card.

Average Cash Discount 28.9% Less

Average self-pay cash discount below commercial negotiated medians where both rates are published.

Local Price Dispersion 3.7× Spread

Median high-to-low price spread for identical procedures across hospitals in the same regional market.

Commercial Multiple 1.6× Medicare

Average commercial insurer negotiated rate relative to the federal Medicare fee schedule baseline.

How to Find and Compare Prices

Three steps to benchmark medical procedures using public federal data.

First, Select Your Market

Choose your state and county on the interactive cartogram below to compare hospitals and nearby freestanding centers.

Second, Inspect the Forensic Capsule

Check the 3-pillar scoreboard and interactive forensic workbench to see whether cash beats insurance and which carrier holds the deepest discount.

Third, Run Inline Bill X-Ray & 501(r)

Enter your billed amount and household income on any hospital or procedure page to compute your statutory 501(r) charity cap and dispute summary.

Select Your State to Compare Hospital Prices

National Geographic Price Intelligence · 50-State + DC/PR Cartogram

National Hospital Price Index Heatmap by State

State commercial price index vs. U.S. median (1.00×) and average Medicare multiple across all 53 priced states & territories

<0.93× Below Fair Price 0.93–1.05× Near Average 1.05–1.18× Elevated >1.18× High-Cost State

AK1.15× 1.8× Med ME0.89× 1.5× Med WA1.24× 1.5× Med ID0.87× 1.6× Med MT1.20× 1.5× Med ND1.00× 2.4× Med MN0.98× 1.6× Med WI1.20× 2.0× Med MI0.86× 1.1× Med VT0.86× 1.3× Med NH1.09× 1.9× Med OR1.14× 1.5× Med NV0.99× 1.7× Med WY0.85× 1.0× Med SD0.97× 1.8× Med IA1.00× 1.7× Med IL1.00× 1.5× Med IN1.01× 1.4× Med OH0.99× 1.4× Med PA0.95× 1.3× Med NY1.00× 1.4× Med MA1.20× 1.9× Med CA1.13× 1.5× Med UT1.00× 2.2× Med CO1.00× 1.9× Med NE1.15× 2.5× Med MO0.96× 1.4× Med KY0.93× 1.7× Med WV0.86× 1.5× Med VA1.10× 1.7× Med MD1.20× 1.2× Med NJ1.08× 1.7× Med CT1.00× 1.3× Med AZ1.02× 1.5× Med NM1.10× 2.0× Med KS1.00× 1.8× Med AR0.93× 1.4× Med TN0.94× 1.3× Med NC0.93× 1.6× Med SC0.98× 1.4× Med DE1.21× 2.3× Med DC1.31× 1.9× Med RI1.40× 1.6× Med OK1.10× 1.7× Med LA0.95× 1.4× Med MS0.96× 1.3× Med AL0.90× 1.1× Med GA1.07× 1.6× Med HI0.98× 1.3× Med TX1.01× 1.8× Med FL1.01× 2.1× Med PR0.77× 1.1× Med

PR0.77×1.1× Med WY0.85×1.0× Med MI0.86×1.1× Med VT0.86×1.3× Med WV0.86×1.5× Med ID0.87×1.6× Med ME0.89×1.5× Med AL0.90×1.1× Med AR0.93×1.4× Med KY0.93×1.7× Med NC0.93×1.6× Med TN0.94×1.3× Med LA0.95×1.4× Med PA0.95×1.3× Med MO0.96×1.4× Med MS0.96×1.3× Med SD0.97×1.8× Med HI0.98×1.3× Med MN0.98×1.6× Med SC0.98×1.4× Med NV0.99×1.7× Med OH0.99×1.4× Med CO1.00×1.9× Med CT1.00×1.3× Med IA1.00×1.7× Med IL1.00×1.5× Med KS1.00×1.8× Med ND1.00×2.4× Med NY1.00×1.4× Med UT1.00×2.2× Med FL1.01×2.1× Med IN1.01×1.4× Med TX1.01×1.8× Med AZ1.02×1.5× Med GA1.07×1.6× Med NJ1.08×1.7× Med NH1.09×1.9× Med NM1.10×2.0× Med OK1.10×1.7× Med VA1.10×1.7× Med CA1.13×1.5× Med OR1.14×1.5× Med AK1.15×1.8× Med NE1.15×2.5× Med MA1.20×1.9× Med MD1.20×1.2× Med MT1.20×1.5× Med WI1.20×2.0× Med DE1.21×2.3× Med WA1.24×1.5× Med DC1.31×1.9× Med RI1.40×1.6× Med

5 Lowest-Price States (Confounder-Isolated Value Leaders)

PR0.77×(1.1×)WY0.85×(1.0×)MI0.86×(1.1×)VT0.86×(1.3×)WV0.86×(1.5×)

5 Highest-Markup States (Strict Bill Audit Recommended)

RI1.40×(1.6×)DC1.31×(1.9×)WA1.24×(1.5×)DE1.21×(2.3×)WI1.20×(2.0×)

Complete State & Territory Index (51 Jurisdictions)

Most-Searched Medical Procedures

Compare U.S. commercial negotiated medians against our confounder-adjusted Fair BaseRate™ and Medicare baselines.

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L Most Affordable Hospitals (Lowest Multiples vs. Medicare)

Hospital Name	Location	VeriRate / Multiple
Sheridan Memorial Hosptial	Plentywood, MT	VR 65/100 0.20×
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital	Thermopolis, WY	VR 73/100 0.20×
Pioneer Medical Center	Big Timber, MT	VR 74/100 0.20×
PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Victoria	Victoria, TX	VR 63/100 0.30×
Rush Memorial Hospital	Rushville, IN	VR 69/100 0.40×
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center	Salida, CO	VR 66/100 0.40×
Helen Newberry Joy Hospital	Newberry, MI	VR 81/100 0.40×
Arbour Hospital	Boston, MA	VR 66/100 0.40×
Mobridge Regional Hospital - Cah	Mobridge, SD	VR 62/100 0.40×
Pathways of Tennessee, Inc	Jackson, TN	VR 63/100 0.40×

H Highest Markup Hospitals (Commercial Multiples vs. Medicare)

Hospital Name	Location	VeriRate / Multiple
PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Allen	Allen, TX	VR 74/100 10.50×
Baytown Medical Center LP	Baytown, TX	VR 57/100 9.60×
HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital	Orange Park, FL	VR 62/100 9.30×
Memorial Regional Hospital	Hollywood, FL	VR 73/100 8.80×
HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital	Niceville, FL	VR 64/100 8.80×
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital	Gainesville, FL	VR 67/100 8.40×
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital	Lake City, FL	VR 66/100 7.90×
PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Dover	Dover, DE	VR 60/100 7.80×
Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital	Temple, TX	VR 87/100 7.60×
Martha's Vineyard Hospital Inc	Oak Bluffs, MA	VR 73/100 7.50×

The BaseRate™: Denoised Fair Market Price

VeriRate™ (0–100): When Cash Beats Insurance

How to Find and Compare Prices

First, Select Your Market

Second, Inspect the Forensic Capsule

Third, Run Inline Bill X-Ray & 501(r)

Select Your State to Compare Hospital Prices

National Hospital Price Index Heatmap by State

Most-Searched Medical Procedures

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L Most Affordable Hospitals (Lowest Multiples vs. Medicare)

H Highest Markup Hospitals (Commercial Multiples vs. Medicare)