New York State makes policy changes in response to our Medical Price Roulette reporting

Jeanne Pinder October 10, 2019

New York State makes policy changes in response to our Medical Price Roulette reporting

The New York State superintendent of financial services, Linda A. Lacewell, announced that the state Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed an amendment to a regulation on New York’s Out of Network Law to protect New Yorkers further from surprise medical bills. In a statement in a press release, Lacewell said she was taking […]

We’re live with our CBS News partnership

Jeanne Pinder September 23, 2019

We’re live with our CBS News partnership

We’ve launched a new partnership with CBS News, bringing transparency to the health care marketplace by telling people what stuff costs, under the name “Medical Price Roulette.” Here’s the first story from Anna Werner, national consumer investigative correspondent at CBS This Morning. She interviewed Frank Esposito, who faced close to $700,000 in medical costs after […]

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Buying health insurance: A handbook

Jeanne Pinder August 26, 2019

(Posted August 2019; updates planned) How do you buy health insurance? We are frequently asked to help people buy health insurance. Our specialty is the cost of health care, not buying insurance. We don’t do individual consultations on what insurance to buy. We’re not really qualified for that, and also people must be certified and […]

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Price estimates at the doctor’s office: Yes, it can be true

Jeanne Pinder August 12, 2019

Price estimates at the doctor’s office: Yes, it can be true

Epic, the giant electronic medical records company, is offering a price estimate button that doctors can use in the office. Kristin Cain, a reproductive endocrinologist in North Dakota, posted this on Twitter: “EPIC has a button I just discovered: Patient Estimate. After you place an order, it estimates the out of pocket cost. Except if […]

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The six-figure cost of being transgender, in medical care and surgery: Business Insider

Jeanne Pinder July 11, 2019

The six-figure cost of being transgender, in medical care and surgery: Business Insider

“In the past six years, Claire, an IT infrastructure engineer living in New York, has spent thousands of dollars on medical care that most Americans never have to think about. There was hormone therapy, hair removal, and what’s known as ‘bottom surgery,’” Benji Jones writes at Business Insider “And that was just the start of […]

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How much do fertility meds cost? Or how to shop around and get the most for your buck on Gonal-F, Menopur, Cetrotide, Ovidrel, Follistim etc.

Jeanne Pinder July 8, 2019

How much do fertility meds cost? Or how to shop around and get the most for your buck on Gonal-F, Menopur, Cetrotide, Ovidrel, Follistim etc.

How can you save money on fertility medications for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies, like intrauterine insemination (IUI), egg freezing, donor eggs and so on? We’ve been hearing a lot about rising costs for these procedures, and particularly about the medications, despite insurance. A couple of stories came our way. This post […]

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How much do lab tests cost: $9 or $275 with insurance? Or, how to shop for health care

Jeanne Pinder June 21, 2019

How much do lab tests cost: $9 or $275 with insurance? Or, how to shop for health care

When my TED talk was posted again recently on Facebook, with prominent mention of disparities in lab test costs, there were a lot of comments. This one stood out, so I’m putting it here as part of our “A friend writes” series. She’s in the Knoxville, Tenn., area. “Yup!!! “I had a panel of tests […]

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PriceCheck: We’re creating health cost guides with our partners and our communities across the nation

Jeanne Pinder April 23, 2019

PriceCheck: We’re creating health cost guides with our partners and our communities across the nation

(Updated, December 2019) Our work with PriceCheck, our health cost transparency partnerships with media and other organizations, has stretched across the nation, bringing thousands of people to our partner web sites to share and search prices — from databases, from our reporting, and from our communities. We build interactive software and place it on our […]

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How much does a CT scan cost? $267, or $1,497, or $8,010?

Jeanne Pinder April 12, 2019

How much does a CT scan cost? $267, or $1,497, or $8,010?

There should be a law against this. This person had a CT scan and was charged a hefty fee. What does a CT scan cost? Well, $267 or $1,497, or $8,010? Look here and here and here on our blog. To find out what stuff costs in advance, look at this blog post: 10 questions […]

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How much does platelet rich plasma cost? $400 or $5,000?

Jeanne Pinder March 7, 2019

How much does platelet rich plasma cost? $400 or $5,000?

A friend writes: Re shopping for procedure costs, I have learned that one the hard way. I have a torn rotator cuff, which I went to Hospital for Special Surgery to have repaired. The surgeon insisted that, prior to surgery, he required that I get an “experimental” shot into my shoulder. He explained they take […]

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