PricePlain
PricePlain: compare one shoppable code across all indexed hospitals in a region, sorted cheapest first (by cash price, or by negotiated median when payer is given), with cash, negotiated min/median/max, flags and source file links. Posted prices from hospital machine-readable files, not quotes. Feedback/support: POST /feedback (free) or js4336638@gmail.com.
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-20
1 of 1checks answered this week
196 msmedian answer time
$0.05listed price per call
$0.05price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://priceplain.onrender.com/v1/compare
| Category | Code and developer |
|---|---|
| Provider host | priceplain.onrender.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.05 | 196 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"code": "70553",
"region": "twin-cities"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET",
"HEAD",
"DELETE"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"code": {
"description": "CPT/HCPCS code (e.g. 70553) or MS-DRG as DRG470. See GET /v1/coverage.",
"type": "string"
},
"payer": {
"description": "Optional insurer: canonical id (bcbs-mn, healthpartners, medica, ucare, uhc, aetna, cigna, medicare, mn-medicaid, ...) or raw-name fragment",
"type": "string"
},
"region": {
"description": "Region id, default twin-cities. Unsupported regions get a free 404 listing coverage.",
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"description": "Optional 2-letter state (MN)",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"code"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "object"
},
"disclaimer": {
"type": "string"
},
"hospitals": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"cash": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"flags": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"gross": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"hospital_id": {
"type": "string"
},
"negotiated_max": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"negotiated_median": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"negotiated_min": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"source": {
"description": "Provenance: hospital MRF URL, its last_updated_on, cms-hpt.txt",
"type": "object"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"region": {
"type": "string"
},
"sorted_by": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"hospitals",
"disclaimer"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}