The Problem
Healthcare pricing in America is broken. The same procedure can cost $200 at one hospital and $8,000 at another — just miles apart. Patients walk into care with no idea what they'll owe. Bills arrive weeks later, filled with cryptic codes and inflated charges. Insurance explanations make things worse, not better.
Despite federal mandates requiring hospitals to publish their prices, this data remains scattered across thousands of websites in inconsistent, often machine-unreadable formats. The information exists — but it's nearly impossible for a regular person to find, understand, or use.
The result? Americans overpay for healthcare by billions of dollars every year. Not because cheaper options don't exist, but because no one can find them.