Pick a procedure, enter what you were billed, and compare it against typical national fair-price ranges. Find out in seconds whether your bill looks inflated.
Fair-price ranges reflect national averages — regional prices vary.
Hospitals set "chargemaster" list prices that are frequently several times what insurers actually pay — and what a fair cash price would be. If you're uninsured, out-of-network, or your claim was denied, you may be billed the full inflated list price. On top of that, common billing errors like upcoding, duplicate charges, and unbundling push totals even higher.
This estimator compares your charge against typical national fair-price ranges assembled from published benchmark-style data (Medicare rates, cash-price surveys, and price-transparency filings). It's a first check — a full audit reads your actual bill line by line.
Want a figure you can check yourself? Our Medicare 2026 cost guides publish what Medicare actually pays for nine common procedures, split into the doctor's fee and the facility's fee, at a surgery center versus a hospital outpatient department — every number sourced to a dated CMS page. They include CT of the abdomen and pelvis, upper endoscopy, knee arthroscopy, gallbladder removal and cataract surgery.
Request an itemized bill, compare each charge against typical prices and the hospital's published rates, and dispute charges in writing. An AI audit tool like VerifyDoc can review every line item, flag duplicate charges, upcoding, and unbundling, and generate dispute letters for you.
Common blood tests are inexpensive: a complete blood count (CBC) typically runs $10–$40, a comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) $15–$50, and a lipid panel $15–$60 at national average rates. Hospital labs sometimes bill 10x these amounts, and panels are sometimes unbundled into separately billed components.