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Can you imagine ever purchasing a car, home, or even a coffee maker without having a clue what it costs? Most consumers would never dream of making a major purchase without having some insight into price. Usually, the price is one of the first things a shopper sees and it wouldn’t occur to most Read more...

The costs of medical and health care services have been rising steadily for many years, and American consumers are feeling the pinch in a big way. Many American individuals and families are now facing extremely high medical debts, some of them for reasonably routine or minor health care procedures or Read more...

Proposed legislature could soon bring major changes for a number of Medicaid recipients. This development leaves an estimated 100 million Americans searching for solutions in the event the Senate's latest tax bill regarding healthcare passes. "If those suggested changes to the current healthcare Read more...

Dentist Prices: Are You Paying Too Much? Have you and your family skipped going to the dentist because of costs? Read about dentist prices and see if you are paying too much for your procedures. Go in for a cleaning and come back in about six months. That used to be the standard procedure for most Read more...

It’s final, disruption has hit Medicare benefiting Medicare beneficiaries throughout. Though it's only a start, we look forward to seeing many other tools implemented, were not only Medicare beneficiaries can benefit but all healthcare consumers. Price transparency in healthcare within itself Read more...

For the first time in history (in 2013) The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services released data on medical procedure and treatment costs. This dataset includes millions of rows of data. With a variety of fields to choose from regarding medical providers such as Hospitals, Medical Doctors, Physician Read more...

Hospital price transparency is not only here, but it's the future in Healthcare and cost related. One of the several reasons healthcare costs are so high is because cost information has been a closely guarded secret. After all, the last thing most hospitals want is to have there procedure/treatment Read more...

Disparities in Healthcare      Many procedures and treatments have significant pricing disparities throughout medical facilities nationwide. Other major cost disparities that are less complex regarding overall costs are imaging services (CT Scan, X-ray etc) offered by medical Read more...

I'm going to make this short as possible - My husband suffered a stroke and at the time we had a premium PPO insurance plan. It wasn't far from our house, however the Ambulance did take him to the ER. He was hospitalized for 2 days. Our final bill was $24,000 and change, this was after our Insurance Read more...

Last year I had an MRI at a local Hospital. I have a pretty solid insurance plan from my work, however when I got the bill after my Insurance paid there half, I was shocked to see my half. I later learned that If I would of gone to another Hospital nearby that same MRI would of cost me $650.00 less out Read more...

Medical Bills When it comes to medical bills and the billing it's complex, fmost of us have been there and have felt the confusion when reading them. Let alone the cost disparities throughout medical providers nationwide. Every medical bill is heavily relied upon billing codes. If one digit is Read more...

My employer just increased our insurance premiums a few months ago. And because they were acquired by another company our Insurance provider changed, as well. The percentage on coverage is not as good as previous insurance provider, however the dental side of it is better. We definately notice the coverage Read more...

Why is it that Americans can make more informed decisions about the cars they want to buy than they can with their own healthcare? Why can't they compare which doctors in their area are offering what services, find the one that benefits them, and save themselves time and money?   When Read more...

The Government Failed to Fix Healthcare. Now, It's Time to Disrupt It. Introducing the first of it's kind healthcare transparency ecosystem. Medifees.com plans to take back healthcare by offering consumers pricing, quality info. Right now, you have hospital systems, drug companies and insurance Read more...