ClearPrice Health vs Turquoise Health
Data refreshed
ClearPrice Health and Turquoise Health both publish hospital price data sourced from CMS-mandated machine-readable files (MRFs). The two are positioned for different audiences and monetised differently. This page is a factual, side-by-side comparison of the two — written by us; we do not speak for Turquoise Health.
At a glance
| Dimension | ClearPrice Health | Turquoise Health |
|---|---|---|
| Primary audience | Colorado consumers and journalists. Free, ad-free. | Healthcare-pricing professionals (B2B SaaS). |
| Geographic scope | Colorado at MVP. State-by-state expansion planned. | Nationwide. |
| Pricing | Consumer atlas free for life. Hospital workspace pricing TBD when launched. | Subscription tiers; see vendor for current pricing. |
| Methodology transparency | Public methodology; per-hospital MRF link from every page; corrections SLA published. | See vendor for current methodology disclosure. |
| Editorial layer | Long-form articles, FAQ, glossary, hospital report cards. | Primarily a data product. |
Why we exist
The transparency rule that produced these MRFs was written for consumers. Most aggregation tools serve the people who already knew about the rule (insurers, employer-benefits teams, analytics vendors). The reader who is about to schedule a knee MRI — and would benefit most from comparing prices — is left with 6,000+ hospital websites to crawl. ClearPrice Health is built for that reader first, with the editorial scaffolding (articles, glossary, plain-language descriptions) and ad-free posture that a consumer publication needs.