The website, outofpocket.com is a platform for collecting and sharing health care prices. The directory currently contains over 100,000 prices collected from several different sources:
Consumer Generated Content: Consumers anonymously post prices they paid for routine health care services, (including MRIs, mammograms, X-rays, lab tests, vaccinations, dental, vision and office visits), along with their personal recommendations on the provider
Providers that Disclose Pricing: Providers are invited to submit true prices for their services for inclusion in the directory
Government CMS: Medicare price data for common medical procedures has been loaded in the directory
Claim data from self-insured employers