Publications & Resources

Understanding Healthcare Price Transparency: A Primer

An accessible introduction to federal price transparency regulations, what data is available, and how to interpret it.

Simple Healthcare Launches Analysis Platform for Commercial Rate Benchmarking

Announcement of the public launch of Simple Healthcare's self-service pricing intelligence platform.

Benchmarking Commercial Rates: Methods and Pitfalls

A recorded webinar covering best practices for using negotiated rate data in provider strategy and market analysis.

Ghost Rates and Healthcare Price Transparency

Simple Healthcare Research Team

An analysis of negotiated rate reporting gaps under federal price transparency regulations and their implications for market benchmarking.

How Startups Are Turning Price Transparency Rules Into Business Intelligence

Media coverage examining the emerging market for healthcare pricing data tools following federal transparency mandates.

Price Transparency Compliance and Data Quality

Simple Healthcare Research Team

A systematic review of machine-readable file compliance rates, data format variation, and downstream usability challenges.

New Peer-Reviewed Methods Improve Healthcare Rate Data Accuracy

Announcement of Simple Healthcare's peer-reviewed data processing methodology and its application to commercial rate analysis.

Commercial Rate Variation Across Hospital Markets

Simple Healthcare Research Team

A peer-reviewed study examining the distribution of commercial negotiated rates across CBSAs for high-volume DRGs.

DRG and HCPCS Code Reference for Rate Analysis

A practical reference guide for identifying billing codes relevant to common healthcare market analysis use cases.

Negotiated Rate Benchmarking for Provider Strategy

Simple Healthcare Research Team

Methods and findings from applying standardized commercial rate data to provider contract negotiation contexts.