A number of people, including me, have been building similar things, see http://price.hospital
The problem seems to be figuring out a revenue model, and translating all the medical terms in to human.
The problem seems to be figuring out a revenue model, and translating all the medical terms in to human.
Comparing just the price of a hip replacement is difficult, because there are so many other services that will bundled in with a hip replacement (anesthesia etc) that may not be represented in the service price alone.
The "average cost by diagnosis code a patient comes in with" transparency requirement is an attempt at solving that, but doesn't differentiate between insurance plans.
Also, I love OpenStreetMap, thanks for your work on that!
The average prices for common procedures is on the 1045 sheet
I have my gripes with California but I love that they did this
Side note - I'm a long, long time OSM fan and contributor. Thanks!