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. 2014 Dec 2;51:0046958014561496. doi: 10.1177/0046958014561496

Table 1.

Use Patterns of the New Hampshire HealthCost Price Transparency Web Site From January 2011 Through December 2013.

Queries by category of servicea Unique pageviews from 2011 to 2013 (N = 30 581)
Price range of illustrative service for uninsured patient in that category across state in 2011
No. % Illustrative example of service in category Range of prices across providers ($) (10th percentile, 90th percentile) % difference between 90th vs 10th percentile
Outpatient Office Visit 6858 22 Basic Office Visit, 18-49 years old 62, 116 87
MRI-CT 5394 18 MRI–Knee 1614, 2592 61
Emergency Room Visit 3740 12 Emergency Room Visit 217, 977 350
Other Radiology—Mammogram, Ultrasound, Bone Density 3200 10 Mammogram 327, 537 64
Colonoscopy 2538 8 Colonoscopy 2364, 4023 70
Plain Film X-Ray 2133 7 Chest X-Ray 390, 643 65
Orthopedic Surgery 1784 6 Arthroscopic Knee Surgery 7564, 12 498 65
Obstetric Care 1536 5 Vaginal Birth and New Baby 8224, 14 426 75
Hernia Repair 847 3 Hernia Repair 5162, 11 929 131
Cholecystectomy 774 3 Cholecystectomy 10 404, 17 228 66
Tonsillectomy 523 2 Tonsillectomy With Adenoidectomy 5139, 9685 88
Breast Biopsy 473 2 Breast Biopsy 3582, 10 112 182
Kidney Stone Removal 438 1 Kidney Stone Removal 8520, 21 085 147
Dermatologic Problem 343 1 Destruction of Skin Lesion 428, 911 113

Note. Web site was updated in June of 2014. Currently not all outpatient visits and procedures can be queried. The full list of queries will be re-introduced in several months. MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; CT = computed tomography.

a

The services are grouped into categories. Individual queries are more detailed (e.g., Head CT with and without contrast).