Benchmarking rates
Read Rate Watch, filter it, open a code and compare categories, months and states against Medicare.
Each question below opens a guide with its short videos, the written steps for every screen and the full narration, so you can follow along with the app open beside it. The numbers in the videos are illustrative and the payers are anonymized.
How do I read the rates in Rate Watch?
Each row on the Rates tab is one payer's median negotiated rate for a code in the place you picked, set beside the Medicare fee, with the change from last month.
1 video · 8 sec in all
- Read a row in Rate Watch · 8 sec
How do I filter or sort the Rates tab?
Use the State, Product category, Payer and vs Medicare menus above the table, and the Sort menu at the right. Each pick stays in the address, so you can bookmark the view.
4 videos · 30 sec in all
- Switch the board to another state · 7 sec
- Show one payer's rates · 7 sec
- Show only rates below Medicare · 8 sec
- Sort the board · 9 sec
How do I find a specific code?
The Rates tab has no search box. Filter to the code's category, sort by Code and click it, or go straight to its page by address.
1 video · 8 sec in all · 1 written guide
- Find a code without search · written
- Open a code's page · 8 sec
How do I get rates into a spreadsheet?
The Rates tab has no download. Ask the question in Chat and use Copy table or CSV on the answer, or save the answer and export the brief to Excel.
1 written guide
- Get rates into a spreadsheet · written
How do I read a code's benchmark?
The Benchmark block at the top of a code page shows the market median, the spread between payer medians and how the median compares with Medicare.
1 video · 9 sec in all
- Read the Benchmark block · 9 sec
How do I change the state, payer or month on a code page?
Use the State, Payer and Month menus above the Benchmark block. Picking a payer shows that payer's median and middle range.
2 videos · 16 sec in all
- Change the state on a code page · 9 sec
- See one payer's benchmark · 8 sec
What changed for this code?
On a code page, Play-by-play lists every published policy, coding and fee schedule item for the code, newest first, and the rate movements recorded for you.
1 video · 8 sec in all
- See what changed for a code · 8 sec
How did rates change between two months?
In Rate Watch, Analysis shows how payer medians moved between two months of data, by category, with the biggest moves named.
1 video · 9 sec in all
- Compare two months · 9 sec
How does each product category compare with Medicare?
In Rate Watch, Product Category draws one shape per category against the Medicare fee, with a table of each category's median below.
1 video · 9 sec in all
How do I see one code across states?
In Rate Watch Analysis, choose Geo and pick a shading code. Each state is shaded by how its median compares with that state's Medicare fee.
1 video · 10 sec in all
- Map a code across states · 10 sec