Public tools · No account needed

Healthcare data
you can interrogate.

What does care cost near you? How do surgery markets compare? Where do industry payments flow? Ask a concrete question. Open the data behind the answer.

Price Atlas · Surgery markets · Open Payments · Public policy

Public examples are live.
ChatGPT directory access and member connection are in progress.
Nashville, Tennessee · Price AtlasPublic data example

Same procedure code.
$1,222 to $2,404.

Reported commercial median rates across 4 returned hospitals. CPT 45378 · hospital outpatient.

Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital (Midtown + West)$1,222
TriStar Skyline Medical Center$2,404
Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center$2,404
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$1,981
4 of 4 matching hospitals · Data as of 2026-09-28Explore these prices

Hospital-reported rates, not your out-of-pocket cost. File dates vary; this is a starting point for questions about care.

Example snapshot: October 3, 2026. Open a tool for its current data.

Pick a question. Try the real tool.

Start with something
you want to know.

These examples open working interfaces with public source data. Change a price search, compare hospitals, or explore the facilities behind a market.

Clinician CoWork · Next integration

The coding workflow
belongs in the conversation.

Find a code. Check its RVUs for the right year. Compare the components before you act.

Clinician CoWork has a separate signed-in coding and RVU experience today. Bringing that account and those lookups into your assistant is the next integration.

App login is available. Coding and RVU search are not connected to this plugin yet. Case logging is a later workflow.

Planned assistant experience

Less tab switching.
A traceable answer.

  1. 1
    Find the code

    “Find the code for a total knee replacement.”

  2. 2
    Check the year and setting

    “Show 2026 facility-setting RVUs for 27447, with each component.”

  3. 3
    Compare with context

    “Compare 27447 and 27130 for the same year and setting. Include the source.”

Interpret the result

Every number needs context.

Hospital prices are reported commercial medians. They are not personal out-of-pocket estimates. The plugin returns hospital prices; ASC procedure prices remain on the full website.

Market and policy data identify facilities, operators and public CMS participation information. They do not establish financial performance or clinical quality.

Price Atlas methods and sources ↗
Member CJR-X analysis on Techy Surgeon ↗
Techy Surgeon in your assistant

Bring a question.
Keep asking.

The public examples above work in your browser. Compatible assistants can use the same server through a custom MCP connection.

The ChatGPT public-directory listing is not published. Member access is being connected. Availability of custom connections depends on your client and account.

Set up a custom connection

Step-by-step setup for you and your testers →

  1. Open your assistant’s custom MCP connection settings.
  2. Add this server URL and enable its tools.
  3. Ask a price, ASC market or public policy question.
https://techysurgeon-mcp.netlify.app/policy/mcp

Connection help · Privacy. Public queries require no account. Please do not submit patient information.

Questions about the tools

Can I compare two surgery markets?

Yes. The market brief combines Medicare-certified ASC inventory, recorded operating rooms, historical counts, operator attribution, same-geography TEAM hospitals and county-linked orthopaedic workforce. Compare two metros or two states. Source dates, missing values and incompatible comparisons remain visible; the data does not establish demand or profitability.

What can I research in Open Payments?

Explore public general-payment aggregates for 2019–2025 across available specialties, plus orthopaedic state, company and payment-category views. Company results cover a published top-company extract. Individual physician searches, research payments and ownership interests are not included in this connection. Payments do not establish misconduct.

Does Price Atlas summarize all matching hospitals?

The range, median and spread summarize matching commercial hospital medians for one code, care setting and geographic scope before pagination. Public results show up to five hospital rows. The catalog is not a complete market census; the summary is not a personal cost estimate or a payer-specific quote.

How can I look up hospital prices in my region?

Open the public Price Atlas preview or use the price_search tool through a custom MCP connection. Give a procedure and a US city, state or supported metro area. You can also name a hospital or supply a supported procedure code. The preview returns up to five matching hospitals, with the selected code, care setting and source details.

Are these prices what I will pay out of pocket?

No. Price Atlas reports hospital commercial median rates and separate Medicare benchmarks. These are not a personal estimate, a binding quote or a guarantee of insurance coverage. Your own cost depends on your plan, benefits and the services billed. Confirm a personal estimate with the hospital and your insurer.

Can I research ambulatory surgery center ownership and competition?

Yes. The ASC market tool finds Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers in a city, metro area or state. It returns facility counts, named facilities, operators where identified, and available opening and closure information, with source dates. It does not measure a facility's financial performance or clinical quality.

Does the plugin compare hospital prices with surgery center prices?

The plugin's Price Atlas search currently returns hospital inpatient or hospital outpatient prices. It does not return ASC procedure prices. The separate ASC market tool covers facilities and operators. Visit the full Price Atlas website for its broader hospital and surgery center views.

Where do the data come from?

Hospital prices come from Techy Surgeon's public Price Atlas datasets built from hospital price-transparency files, with separate Medicare benchmarks. ASC market and policy results draw on public CMS data and the Federal Register. Results identify their sources and data dates. A hospital file date is not necessarily a price's contract-effective date; missing records do not establish that care is unavailable.

Is medical coding or RVU search included?

Coding and relative value unit (RVU) search are not connected to this plugin. ClinicianCoWork offers a separate signed-in RVU and coding experience at app.cliniciancowork.com/rvu. A ClinicianCoWork login does not currently enable those tools in Policy Radar.

Do I need a membership or a public-directory listing to try it?

No membership is required for the public Price Atlas preview, which shows up to five matching hospitals per search. Member connection for expanded price results is being configured. The MCP server is available for custom connections in compatible assistant clients; a ChatGPT public-directory listing has not yet been published.