FAQ: Medical Procedure Costs - By State

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• Arizona: AZ Hospital Choice
  http://www.azhospitalchoice.org/
  
  
• Arkansas: Hospital Consumer Assist, Arkansas Hospital Association
  http://www.hospitalconsumerassist.com
  
  
• Iowa: Iowa Hospital PricePoint
  http://www.iapricepoint.org/
  
  
• Kentucky: Kentucky Hospital Charge Information, Kentucky Hospital Association
  https://www.kyha.com/Pricing/main.asp
  
  
• Michigan: MI Hospital Inform, Michigan Health & Hospital Association
  http://www.mihospitalinform.org/
  
  
• Minnesota: Minnesota Hospital Price Check, Minnesota Hospital Association
  http://www.mnhospitalpricecheck.org
  
  
• New Hampshire: New Hampshire PricePoint, New Hampshire Hospital Association
  http://www.nhpricepoint.org
  
  
• Oregon: Oregon Health Policy and Research: Compare Hospital Costs
  State of Oregon, Health Policy and Research
  http://www4.cbs.state.or.us/ex/ins/hit
  
  
• South Dakota: South Dakota Hospital Pricing Information, South Dakota Department of Health
  http://hospitalpricing.sd.gov
  
  
• Tennessee: Tennessee Hospitals Inform, Tennessee Hospital Association
  Users must agree to Web site terms before using
  http://tnhospitalsinform.com/index.aspx
  
  
• Texas: Texas PricePoint, Texas Hospital Association
  http://www.txpricepoint.org
  
  
• Virginia: Virginia PricePoint, Virginia Hospitals and Healthcare Association (VHHA)
  http://www.vapricepoint.org
  
  
• Washington: (WSHA) Hospital Pricing Website, Washington State Hospital Association
  http://www.wsha.org/page.cfm?ID=hospitalpricing
  
  
• West Virginia: CompareCare WV (TM), West Virginia Health Care Authority
  http://www.comparecarewv.gov/
  
  

If your state is not listed above, contact:

• - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HealthCareConInit
  For selected procedures
  
  For more information, visit http://www.cms.gov OR call:
  
  • (877) 267-2323 (toll-free)
    
  • (410) 786-3000 (voice/Fax)
    
  • (866) 226-1819 TTY (toll-free)
    
    
• - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/
  
  
• - State Hospital Associations
  http://www.aha.org/aha/colleagues/directory/index.html
  
  
• - State & Local Health Departments
  http://www.apha.org/about/Public+Health+Links/LinksStateandLocalHealthDepartments.htm
  
  
• - American Hospital Association
  http://www.hospitalconnect.com
  
  
• - Current Procedural Terminology, American Medical Association
  Find out what the average costs for procedures are
  https://catalog.ama-assn.org/Catalog/cpt/cpt_search.jsp?checkXwho=done
  
  

  Some individual hospitals and some insurance companies list their pricing information. Visit their Web sites for more information.

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Last reviewed: 25 August 2008
Last updated: 25 August 2008
First published: 06 June 2008
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