Everything you need to understand hospital prices, compare costs, negotiate bills, and find affordable care — whether you're uninsured, a health share member, or a patient advocate.
No insurance? Paying out of pocket? These guides help you find the lowest prices, negotiate with hospitals, and access financial assistance.
Self-Pay Hospital Price Comparison
Compare real cash prices, get negotiation tools, and find savings.
No Health Insurance? How to Get Affordable Medical Care
Your rights, free clinics, charity care, and how to comparison shop.
How Much Do Medical Procedures Cost Without Insurance?
Average costs for common procedures and where to find the best price.
How to Negotiate a Hospital Bill
Step-by-step negotiation guide with scripts and strategies.
Self-Pay vs. Insurance Hospital Prices
When paying cash is actually cheaper than using insurance.
Hospital Financial Assistance Programs
How to qualify for charity care and discounts at nonprofit hospitals.
Think your hospital bill is too high? Learn how to check, dispute, and negotiate.
Was I Overcharged by the Hospital?
Step-by-step guide to checking your bill against real prices.
Was I Overcharged? How to Check Your Medical Bill
Detailed guide with warning signs and dispute strategies.
Understanding Your Hospital Bill: A Line-by-Line Guide
What every charge on your bill means and how to spot errors.
Why Do Hospital Prices Vary So Much?
The real reasons the same procedure can cost 10x more at one hospital.
Health sharing ministry members are self-pay patients. These guides help you find the best prices and work with your sharing community.
Hospital Prices for Health Share Members
Compare cash prices, find the lowest-cost hospitals, and negotiate.
Health Share Members & Hospital Price Transparency
How to use transparency data as a health share member.
How Healthshare Members Can Find the Best Hospital Prices
Practical tips for price shopping as a sharing ministry member.
Cash Pay vs. Healthshare Pricing
Understanding how hospital pricing works for sharing ministry members.
Tools, data, and resources for patient advocates, billing advocates, and healthcare navigators.
Patient Advocate Tools & Resources
Free price comparison tools, data exports, and negotiation resources.
Advocate's Guide to Hospital Price Transparency Data
How to use transparency data to help clients save money.
How Advocates Can Use Price Comparison to Save Clients Money
Real-world strategies for using pricing data in advocacy work.
Guides for patients who have insurance or Medicare but still need to compare hospitals, understand negotiated rates, and plan for out-of-pocket costs.
Insured Hospital Pricing Guide
How negotiated rates, deductibles, and coinsurance affect what insured patients actually owe.
Transparency in Coverage Guide
What insurer machine-readable files can tell you and where they fall short for consumer planning.
Medicare Hospital Cost Guide
How Medicare patients can compare facilities, quality, and published hospital prices before care.
Learn how hospital pricing works, what the transparency law requires, and how to read the data.
Hospital Price Transparency Law Explained
What hospitals are required to publish and what it means for patients.
Our Methodology
How we collect, aggregate, and present hospital pricing data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about comparing hospital prices, data sources, and more.
Patient Rights & Complaint Guide
Know when to request a review, apply for charity care, or escalate a billing complaint.
Detailed cost breakdowns for the most commonly searched medical procedures.
Browse All Procedure Costs
Search and compare prices for thousands of procedures.
How Much Does an MRI Cost Without Insurance?
MRI pricing by type, with negotiation tips.
How Much Does a Colonoscopy Cost Without Insurance?
Colonoscopy costs, insurance vs. cash, and savings.
How Much Does an ER Visit Cost Without Insurance?
Emergency room costs and how to reduce your bill.
How Much Does Having a Baby Cost Without Insurance?
Childbirth costs: vaginal delivery, C-section, and more.
Search any procedure and see real hospital prices near you — completely free.