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About CareCost Explorer
Every negotiated rate, queryable. The map of what healthcare actually costs, payer by payer.
CareCost LLC is a Portland, Oregon healthcare-data company. It parses the machine-readable rate files insurers must publish under federal transparency rules — more than 36 million normalized negotiated rates across 18 payers — into trusted pricing intelligence for specialty practices, infusion programs, and researchers. Founder-operated. No funding from payers, manufacturers, or PBMs.
Explorer fact block
As of June 12, 2026
- Negotiated rates
- 36M+ normalized
- Payers
- 18 — UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Aetna, Anthem, and fourteen Blue Cross Blue Shield plans
- Billing codes
- 353K+
- Geographic coverage
- 56 states & territories
- Data source
- Federal Transparency in Coverage MRF files (45 CFR Part 147)
- Refresh
- Quarterly
Erin Rose
Founder, CareCost · LinkedIn
In specialty pharmacy, one question decides everything — what will this infusion actually cost this patient? — and answering it honestly takes 45 minutes of hard math, because every number is public and nothing connects them. Erin Rose founded CareCost to build the tool that should have existed. She parsed the 60 terabytes of “machine-readable” rate files insurers publish but no human can read, and built the products that put real prices in practices’ hands. Before CareCost, she spent twenty years building AI-augmented data and revenue systems inside national media organizations — including leading AI adoption for a 200-person sales organization. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Researcher & journalist access
Journalists, academics, and policy analysts may qualify for complimentary or reduced-rate access to CareCost Explorer data. See our Researchers & Media page for details and eligibility requirements.
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