Launching #PriceCheckNYC

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 13, 2019

WNYC, in partnership with Gothamist and Clear Health Costs, is launching a new community health sharing tool which will give listeners a chance to compare the costs of their medical procedures. Jeanne Pinder, founder and CEO of Clear Health Costs, and Caroline Lewis, lead reporter of Price Check NYC and regular contributor to Gothamist, join to break down how it works.

Read Caroline Lewis’s story about the project on Gothamist—for instance, ClearHealthCosts found that a cholesterol test at a lab in the Bronx costs $21 cash—but a hospital charged $1,294.

Got a story of your own to share? Email the team with your healthcare costs at healthcosts@wnyc.org.

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