Healthcosts.net helps people explore what U.S. hospitals actually charge for medical procedures. It organizes cash prices, gross charges, and insurer-negotiated rates drawn from machine-readable files that hospitals are federally required to publish. The site says its figures come directly from hospital files, with provenance provided for each number, and emphasizes that it uses no estimates. Its database covers 1,076 hospitals, more than 12,000 procedures, and over 7.7 million hospital-procedure prices, with data updated from each hospital’s own file.

Visitors can search and compare prices by state, city, hospital, and procedure, or browse hospital and procedure listings. Healthcosts.net also presents insights into widely published and rare procedures, including cash-price ranges and national medians where available. Its additional resources include contract comparisons and teardowns, a contract register, data and methodology information, and a help center. The site notes that a blank price does not mean the procedure is free or has a zero charge, helping users interpret published data carefully.