Hospital bill upload & parsing
- Upload UB‑04 / CMS‑1450 hospital bills
- Automated OCR + manual fallback parsing
- Line‑item extraction for charges, codes, dates, and providers
- Error‑tolerant pipeline that flags ambiguous or missing fields
Product
FairHealthCheck Updates & Roadmap
Healthcare billing is opaque, inconsistent, and intimidating. FairHealthCheck exists to give patients clarity, leverage, and confidence. This page tracks what we’ve shipped, what we’re building now, and what’s next—for users, partners, and investors.
Live
In progress
Next
What’s live today
In production and available to patients now.
Cost comparison & transparency
- Compare your bill against hospital averages
- Compare your bill against state‑level benchmarks
- Compare your bill against CMS‑reported pricing (when available)
- Clear indicators when data is missing (no silent gaps)
Negotiation intelligence
- Proprietary negotiation rating per bill
- Flags suspicious charges, outliers, and negotiable lines
- Highlights leverage points for billing departments
Automated negotiation letters
- Personalized, downloadable letters
- Context for hospital, charges, and benchmarks
- Built for real billing-office conversations
Secure accounts & payments
- Stripe‑powered checkout
- Secure handling of sensitive data
- Privacy‑first design
Compare Care — pre‑hospital estimator
- Plain-language procedure descriptions → likely chargemaster / procedure codes
- Estimated ranges from hospital and payer benchmarks (ZIP / region aware)
- Nearby hospital context when data supports it
Bill history & negotiation outcomes
- Upload history and quick access to past analyses
- Record final savings when you close a negotiation
- Aggregate savings-over-time dashboard still on the way
Currently in development
Active engineering focus—shipping in iterations.
Mobile app (Android first)
- Native‑like experience via Capacitor
- Camera‑first bill capture
- Push notifications for updates and reminders
OCR accuracy & validation
- Cross‑checking OCR vs manual extraction
- Confidence scoring per extracted field
- Fewer false positives on CPT / HCPCS codes
Savings dashboard (next iteration)
- Roll up outcomes across all bills
- Total dollars saved over time
- Shareable, printable summaries
What’s coming next
Roadmapped capabilities after the current build wave.
Hospital quality & value scoring
- Cost vs quality vs outcomes
- Surfaces affordable, high‑quality options
- Pushes back on “more expensive = better”
Guided negotiation playbooks
- Step‑by‑step call scripts by bill type
- Adaptive tactics by how billing responds
- Grounded in real outcomes
Insurance‑aware insights
- Common processing errors
- Coverage vs billed mismatches
- Next‑best actions: appeal, negotiate, or pay
Long‑term vision
FairHealthCheck aims to become the consumer layer for healthcare pricing:
- Transparent costs before care
- Fair bills after care
- Data‑driven leverage for patients
Patients deserve the same pricing clarity they get everywhere else—we’re building the tools to make that real.
