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Price Check article

Ask what something costs in medical care and you could easily come back with a half dozen different answers. Health care costs are complex and often secret.

That’s part of why WLRN, WUSF and Health News Florida are launching PriceCheck, a reporting project aimed at bringing clarity to the cost of health care in Florida.

Audio broadcast of PriceCheck

www.youtube.com/embed/IApqs08MSLk

Price Check tool

Although this is a Florida-specific initiative by a Florida-based NPR station, if it becomes popular, we might see similar initiatives for other states.

There is a similar -- the interface for entering prices is identical; that can't be coincidental -- nation-wide crowdsource effort at Clear Healthcare Costs.