Announcing the Price Transparency Data Catalog: Nationwide Hospital & Payer Files, Preloaded and Ready to Explore

Gigasheet offers nationwide healthcare price transparency data for teams that need to explore negotiated rates without building their own machine-readable-file pipeline. You can use the Price Transparency Data Catalog in a spreadsheet-like interface, or license bulk payer and hospital data as flat files, APIs, or delivery to your existing cloud storage or data warehouse. See delivery options.

Over the last few years, price transparency regulations have unleashed an avalanche of healthcare data. But just because this data is public doesn’t mean it’s usable. CMS requires most health plans and issuers to publish machine-readable files with in-network rates, while hospital machine-readable files include payer-specific negotiated charges and other standard charges. CMS explains the payer disclosures. CMS explains hospital files.

That’s why we announced our Price Transparency Data Catalog: a self-service way to work with nationwide hospital and payer price transparency data. This is in addition to your ability to view large machine-readable files (MRFs) on-demand, whether they come in massive CSVs or deeply nested JSON formats.

Last reviewed: October 20, 2026

What data is included in the Price Transparency Data Catalog?

The Price Transparency Data Catalog provides ready-to-analyze datasets drawn directly from Transparency in Coverage and Hospital Price Transparency machine-readable files. While the data has been extracted and organized for usability, it retains source-file lineage back to the original MRF. See the fields and lineage available in Gigasheet data.

At launch, the catalog provided more than 6 terabytes of preprocessed, preloaded pricing data, covering thousands of payer files and over 5,000 hospitals across all 50 states. Today, Gigasheet’s licensed price transparency data covers payer and hospital machine-readable files nationwide and includes 150+ billion negotiated rates, refreshed as new files are posted. See current coverage and scale.

Key highlights include:

• Nationwide payer and hospital data, including national and regional plans
• Structured rate tables with billing codes, negotiated rates, plan and network attributes, provider identifiers, effective dates, and source-file lineage
• Searchable catalogs organized by payer, hospital system, procedure code, and geography
• Commercial negotiated rates alongside Medicare benchmarks for rate research and benchmarking workflows
• Self-service analysis in a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, without building data infrastructure

If you’ve ever tried to load a 120GB MRF or extract rate info from a multi-nested JSON structure, you know how painful it can be. The Data Catalog gives you a head start. Everything is preloaded, indexed, and ready to filter or join using our familiar spreadsheet-like interface.

Why are healthcare price transparency files difficult to use?

Healthcare organizations, self-insured employers, and consultants are sitting on a goldmine of pricing data, but making use of that data is another story.

Here’s the typical challenge:

• MRFs from a single payer can be hundreds of gigabytes in size.
• JSON files use deeply nested arrays that require custom scripts just to unpack.
• Each file may contain millions of rates spread across hundreds of thousands of providers.
• There’s no standard schema across carriers, every file looks a little different.

CMS recognizes that the size and complexity of payer machine-readable files can require specific technology to download and read them. Read CMS guidance on using published pricing data.

In short, the raw data is there, but it’s buried. We built the Price Transparency Data Catalog to surface that data in a way that’s practical, scalable, and fast.

Who can use nationwide payer and hospital rate data?

This catalog is designed for anyone who needs to work with transparency data at scale, including:

• Self-insured employers analyzing network competitiveness
• Benefits consultants comparing payer discounts by market
• MSOs and provider groups reviewing reimbursement positioning
• Health systems monitoring payer behavior in local markets
• Health tech companies building cost comparison tools
• Payment integrity, cost-containment, repricing, care navigation, and patient advocacy teams researching commercial negotiated rates

By giving you fast access to a preloaded set of real-world negotiated rates, the catalog helps you spend more time on analysis, and less on engineering.

What can you do with the catalog?

The Price Transparency Data Catalog is tightly integrated with our spreadsheet-based interface, allowing you to:

• Query rates by CPT, DRG, or revenue code
• Compare pricing across hospitals and payers
• Join datasets using familiar spreadsheet logic
• Slice data by facility, region, provider identifier, or taxonomy
• Export filtered results to CSV for use in Excel, Power BI, or downstream systems

You can also combine catalog files with your own datasets. Upload a custom provider list or claims history and filter the catalog down to just the providers you care about.

Do you need the catalog, bulk data licensing, or both?

Use the Data Catalog when analysts need to search, filter, join, and export price transparency data without standing up their own data environment.

Use bulk data licensing when your team needs recurring nationwide data delivered to a pipeline, application, or warehouse. Gigasheet can deliver licensed data to Amazon S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, SFTP, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or a shared drive; available formats include Parquet, CSV, and JSON. Learn about bulk MRF data delivery.

Can you still view raw machine-readable files on demand?

The catalog is a powerful shortcut, but if you want to dig into raw files directly, you still can.

Every price transparency workflow can include:

• Large file support: View, filter, and explore multi-gigabyte CSV and JSON MRFs
• Indexed JSON navigation: Load deeply nested files without writing code
• Data cleanup tools: Reorganize, rename, and calculate columns instantly
• Enrichment workflows: Join rate data with provider reference fields such as NPI, TIN, taxonomy, group, and health system affiliation. See available provider reference fields.

This hybrid approach—preloaded catalog plus raw file access—means you get both speed and flexibility.

How do organizations use the Price Transparency Data Catalog?

Organizations across the healthcare ecosystem use the Price Transparency Data Catalog to inform strategy, support negotiations, and improve market positioning. Here are three common use cases:

How do consultants benchmark reimbursement for provider groups?

Consultants working with large provider groups use the catalog to benchmark reimbursement rates across payers and competitors. This data helps inform contract renegotiations, providing a clear view of how their clients’ rates compare in the market.

How do health systems assess payer rates in local markets?

Health systems and ACOs use the catalog to understand how services are reimbursed by competing plans. They can compare negotiated rates by code, provider, facility, and geography to support contract and market analysis.

How can medical device manufacturers support market-access research?

Medical device companies use hospital-published pricing data to understand how procedures involving their products are reimbursed. This supports market access and reimbursement teams with real-world reference points to guide strategy and engagement with providers and payers.

Frequently asked questions

Does Gigasheet license bulk nationwide healthcare price transparency data?

Yes. Gigasheet licenses nationwide payer and hospital machine-readable-file data for bulk delivery, including downloadable flat files and API-based access. Data can also be delivered to common cloud storage and warehouse destinations. See bulk data options.

Are negotiated rates the same as what a patient will pay?

No. A negotiated rate describes the contracted rate between a payer and provider; it does not by itself determine a patient’s out-of-pocket cost or quality of care. Gigasheet’s rate-position scores likewise describe negotiated-rate position for the same code and geography, not patient cost or care quality. Read about rate-score context.

What is the difference between Transparency in Coverage and Hospital Price Transparency data?

Transparency in Coverage data comes from health plans and issuers and includes in-network rates for covered items and services. Hospital Price Transparency data comes from hospitals and includes standard charges, including payer-specific negotiated charges. CMS describes Transparency in Coverage disclosures. CMS describes hospital disclosures.

Stop Fighting the Files. Start Exploring the Data.

The raw price transparency data is incredibly valuable, but only if you can work with it. The Price Transparency Data Catalog removes the friction by giving you preloaded access to hospital and payer rates, ready for analysis.

Need a recurring extract instead? Explore licensed bulk price transparency data delivery or browse the Price Transparency Explorer.

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