Employee Benefit News July 18, 2024
Deanna Cuadra

As employers scramble to mitigate healthcare costs, employees are left to pay for increasingly alarming medical bills. But unlike any other big purchase, Americans often don’t know what their care will cost them.

Certainly Health, a New York City marketplace for medical and cosmetic care, is taking a step towards fixing that. Using Transparency in Coverage data (which is data from insurers that show the cost of covered services), Certainly Health created a search engine for consumers in NYC who are insured by Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealth Group, Cigna and Aetna.

After entering their insurance and choosing what care they need, Certainly Health shows how much that service will cost for a host of relevant providers. If the...

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