About HospitalCostData
What does your hospital actually charge?
What we do
HospitalCostData pairs Medicare price data with CMS quality ratings so patients can compare what hospitals charge and how they perform.
We focus on U.S. hospital prices, quality ratings, and Medicare outcomes. Every page on hospitalcostdata.com is built from CMS Care Compare and the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), cited and linkable so readers can trace any number back to its source.
Who this is for
HospitalCostData is built for patients, caregivers, health-policy researchers, and reporters covering hospital pricing.
Why this exists
Public data on U.S. hospital prices, quality ratings, and Medicare outcomes is technically free, but practically locked behind file formats, acronyms, and paywalled dashboards. HospitalCostDataexists to close that gap: take the raw federal and public-sector data, and turn it into pages a normal person can read in thirty seconds.
How we work
- Primary source only. We pull from CMS Care Compare and the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and cite the exact dataset and version on every page.
- No invented numbers. If a figure is not in the underlying public data, it does not appear on hospitalcostdata.com. We never generate synthetic statistics to fill gaps.
- Refreshed on a schedule. Data is refetched on a published cadence — you can see the "Last updated" date on every dataset page.
- Corrections welcome. Readers flag issues all the time. When the source fixes a record, HospitalCostData follows.
Independence
HospitalCostData is an independent publication. We are not funded, owned, or directed by any of the agencies, companies, or organizations that appear in our data. Hosting is paid for by advertising — see our Privacy Policy for details — and we do not take paid placements, sponsored rankings, or "remove-my-entry" fees.
History
HospitalCostData launched in 2025 as part of a small portfolio of independent public-data sites. It has been maintained and updated continuously since.
Contact
Tips, corrections, data-partnership questions, and press inquiries: [email protected]. More options on our contact page.