Two observations before a market benchmark
KnownCost needs at least two eligible independent cash observations before it presents an aggregate independent benchmark. A single supported price may be shown as one named example, not as a market range.
Public evidence, labeled by what it can prove.
KnownCost publishes committed public snapshots, not live private database rows. Each number keeps its source type, evidence count, and checked or as-of date.
✓ Price evidence checked 2026-07-27Typical to high, never an insured estimate
Hospital machine-readable files provide cash-price context. For MRI lumbar spine, the current range uses 96 Indiana hospital files, as of 2026-07-15. Savings comparisons use the typical hospital cash price, never an estimate of what insurance would cost a patient.
Indiana Health Prices
Indiana Health Prices is the state's official public APCD display. Where a mapped value is shown, it is a screening benchmark. The law's test uses the plan's average discounted network rate, so users must confirm with the plan.
Open the IDOI APCD pageContext, not a consumer price
CMS Medicare rates provide a consistent reference line. They are not prices most patients can obtain and are never presented as cash quotes.
Open the CMS referenceNamed-price standard
Source, date, and archived evidence.
A provider-specific price appears only when the same evidence record includes a public source, a checked date, and an internal archive marker. Unsupported or pending figures stay out of the public snapshot. If evidence is thin, KnownCost says so and asks for a current written quote.