chargemaster

The chargemaster is the vehicle through which a healthcare provider organization describes all of its service charges.

Medindia Health News 2009

It is likely the case that the 300K is the cost of the services at the "chargemaster" prices (list prices) of the hospital and doctors.

Ezra and Elasticity, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

"Executives are recognizing that the chargemaster is a strategic asset, critical to revenue integrity.

Medindia Health News 2009

The -- and in those cases, you're going see discounts, oh, jeez, a third, a fourth, fifth of what the chargemaster list is.

CNN Transcript May 9, 2005 2005

But the chargemaster list, the list price, is not something that anybody else pays.

CNN Transcript May 9, 2005 2005

The chargemaster lists were more reflective of what the rates were, perhaps in the '70s and' 80s, but with managed care and a lot of the negotiation that's gone on over the years, the rates have gone down because of that negotiation, and what you've been -- what we have left is this list price, which is artificial.

CNN Transcript May 9, 2005 2005

Other improvements will include integrated workflows, enhanced ability to identify underpayments, and a more accurate and compliant chargemaster.

unknown title 2011

Assist with the development and execution of scripting programs for maintenance and updates to the chargemaster.

News - chicagotribune.com 2011

In addition, the health system will leverage MedAssets charge integrity expertise to maintain a best practice chargemaster and proprietary benchmarks for defensive pricing.

unknown title 2011

Assists with department chargemaster, coding process and billing and chart reviews. privacy and protection, when applying to a job online:

chicagotribune.com - 2010

Centura asserted that, because Ms. French was an out-of-network patient, those service agreements required her to pay the full rates, listed in a giant health system database known as a chargemaster — a catalog of the cost of every procedure and medical supply Centura provided.

She Was Told Surgery Would Cost About $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000. By 2022