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New tool compares hospital list prices to insurer rates
Original: Show HN: What 482 hospitals charge vs. what insurers pay, from their own files
A new tool called Billmender lets users compare what 482 US hospitals officially charge against the rates insurers actually negotiated with them, using data drawn from the hospitals' own required price transparency filings. The comparison highlights the large gaps between sticker prices and negotiated payments across US hospitals. Hacker News commenters are discussing how opaque hospital pricing remains despite federal disclosure rules.
Why now: It exposes large differences between hospitals' listed prices and what insurers actually pay, a recurring topic of US healthcare cost debate.
Billmender482 US hospitalsUS health insurers
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