Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
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Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
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Re: Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
#2interesting idea. cant wait to see what happens next
Re: Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
#3Interesting data, but good to note that cheap does not equate with better in the medical field typically.
Re: Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
#4This has enormous impact by bringing transparency to medical procedure pricing. One could quite literally save $10-50K by opting to do a procedure just a few miles away.
Nice work. Where did you get the data for this? Is it publicly available?
Re: Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
#5Interesting data, but good to note that cheap does not equate with better in the medical field typically.
Is there evidence of correlation?
Re: Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
#6Great first step. And pretty soon we'll have quality of care reviews--from patient questionnaires thanks to ACA/Obama Care.
Re: Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
#7Great work! Keep it up!
Re: Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
#8This has enormous impact by bringing transparency to medical procedure pricing. One could quite literally save $10-50K by opting to do a procedure just a few miles away. Nice work. Where did you get the data for this? Is it publicly available?
This looks like DRG data by hospital released a few months ago by CMS, so what the hospitals bill for to Medicare, although the actual payments are set by CMS. Still, charge master data is the starting point for people not on Medicare/Medicaid
Re: Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
#9This has enormous impact by bringing transparency to medical procedure pricing. One could quite literally save $10-50K by opting to do a procedure just a few miles away. Nice work. Where did you get the data for this? Is it publicly available?
Thanks. Yeah, a lot of people travel abroad to save money, but its possible to find comparable prices nearby too. Patients aren't trained to shop around with procedures though.
The Obama Administration has tried to make pricing more transparent--this particular data set is publicly available. Here it is: https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Sta...