CMS launches new consumer tool to compare surgery prices

Modern Healthcare: The CMS on Tuesday launched a new digital tool to make it easier to find out prices and out-of-pocket costs for surgical procedures.

Medicare beneficiaries can use the Procedure Price Lookup tool to look up the national average that Medicare pays hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers for certain surgeries. The website also can reveal the national average co-payment that a beneficiary with no Medicare supplemental insurance would pay the provider.

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