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The Healthcare Bluebook, owned by privately held CareOperative LLC, provides free online tools designed to enable consumers to understand how much they should pay for healthcare services. The company website allows consumers to look up the fair market cash price for thousands of medical procedures, diagnostic tests, medications and other services. The company’s Fair Price is the amount a cash paying patient should pay for a service.〔The Healthcare Bluebook (Media Info )〕 Specific price data are available by US zip codes, allowing users to customize the results to their local area. The Fair Price represents the amount that many providers accept from insurance companies as payment in full for a service. This amount is typically lower than a provider’s “list price”.〔The Healthcare Bluebook (About )〕 The fair price is calculated from industry data on numerous providers, payors and employers across the United States.〔The Healthcare Bluebook (FAQ )〕 Other businesses offering similar services are Changehealthcare.com, NewChoiceHealth.com, Castlight Health, and OutOfPocket.com.〔(Lifting the Veil on Pricing for Health Care ), Web Sites Help Patients Shop for Medical Services; Cutting Surgery by $3,000, By ANNA WILDE MATHEWS, Wall Street Journal, October 28, 2009.〕 == History == Healthcare Bluebook was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, United States.〔Healthcare Bluebook (Contact Info )〕 Healthcare Bluebook is owned by CareOperative LLC. CareOperative LLC provides information, tools and processes that enable fair, upfront pricing for healthcare services and products.〔CareOperative LLC (Corporate website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Healthcare Blue Book」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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