It's crazy is how wide the variance of contracted prices can be between hospitals AND between payers. The Turquoise Health team graciously pulled the data so I could show you all just how wide that range is. Especially for C-Sections, where the swing can be $35- 40K between hospitals. Even WITHIN a hospital you could have the same C-Section costing twice as much depending on which insurance you have (e.g. NYU)! Obviously you have to layer outcomes on top of this. But damn...you could buy a Honda Civic and still save money if you went to Elmhurst (along with getting some of the best halal cart in the city). And that’s just for the facility component. Fwiw NYC is a bit of an outlier, most times it’ll look more like $10 - 18K ish in other cities