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New Federal Data Released
How Much Hospitals Charge
Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) show that pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly. These data will show consumers how hospital charges in their area compare to the rest of the nation, and how much prices within their region may vary for the same procedure.
Related Content
RWJF Announces Winners of the Hospital Price Transparency Challenge
We challenged information technology specialists to use recently released CMS hospital price data to build visualizations of the data and applications & tools that can help consumers make better decisions. Winners of the visualization challenge were announced at the Health 2.0 fall conference in two categories—static and interactive.
See the winning innovative visualizations
RWJF and CMS Hold Webinar on Hospital Pricing Data
AcademyHealth facilitated a joint webinar by RWJF and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 15, 2013 to discuss the new hospital pricing data. Susan Dentzer, RWJF senior policy advisor, moderated.
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Five Ways Data Influences Health
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Culture of Health Blog
Sorting Out the Meaning of Hospital Pricing Disparities
In May, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the prices billed to Medicare by more than 3,300 hospitals for 100 of the most common inpatient conditions or procedures. Not only was there wide variation in what hospitals charged, but there was also considerable variation in what Medicare actually paid. In a new blog post, Susan Dentzer explores the meaning behind these pricing disparities.
