New York City Hospital Price Finder

Left to right: The Singh family, Council Member Julie Menin, 32BJ President Manny Pastreich, PRA Research Director Ilaria Santangelo, Power to the Patients Co-Founder Kevin Morra, and supporters gathered at City Hall

New York City patients empowered to compare prices, save on care, fight surprise bills

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) announced the New York City Hospital Price Finder Tool, empowering all who are treated in New York City hospitals with free access to all available prices so they can compare, prevent overcharges, and have recourse for surprise bills. Patients, employers, unions, and researchers in New York City are now able to search all posted prices by hospital, procedure, plan, and code at NYCHospitalPrices.org.

In December 2022, New York City Council Member Julie Menin sponsored Intro. 844-A to establish the nation’s first Office of Health Care Accountability to equip New Yorkers with the upfront pricing information needed for healthcare decisions. In June 2023, the legislation passed unanimously and was signed into law.

For many patients, this tool would have made an enormous difference. The Singh family of New York City is speaking out on the value of this service.

The first of its kind in New York City, PRA recently introduced a similar tool in Colorado and has plans to continue expanding resources for patients across the country.

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) is a leading national healthcare price transparency organization dedicated to ushering in systemwide transparency through advocacy, testimony, media, legal research, and grassroots campaigns. PRA believes that the availability and visibility of actual, upfront healthcare prices will greatly lower costs for patients and employers through a functional, competitive healthcare marketplace.