🟢Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts
This data contains the price transparency machine-readable files provided by BCBS Massachusetts that have been normalized into easy-to-use tables.
Last updated
This data contains the price transparency machine-readable files provided by BCBS Massachusetts that have been normalized into easy-to-use tables.
Last updated
Table of Contents
https://mrf.payerset.com/bcbs-massachusetts
Overall Rating: 5/5 - Excellent
Rates Records: 18,638,055,875
Provider Records: 193,406,257,200
Machine-Readable Price Transparency Files Review
MRFs Up-to-Date: ✔️ Yes, the MRFs are kept up to date each month.
Table of Contents Accessibility: ✔️ The Table of Contents link is easily accessible.
Table of Contents Formatting: ✔️ Yes, the Table of Contents is properly formatted.
File Download Barriers: ✔️ No barriers to downloading the MRFs.
File Accessibility Percentage: ✔️ 100% of the files are accessible.
There is one file out of the 823 linked files that is not accessible, but it is specifically a Dental/Vision file, so this payer still gets a 5/5 rating
Overall Assessment: BCBS Massachusetts does a great job of posting these files each month. They duplicate provider data substantially, but that can be a result of interpretation of the CMS rules.
Table of Contents
★★★★★
5/5
Are the MRFs kept up to date each month?
Is the Table of Contents link easily accessible?
Is the Table of Contents properly formatted?
File Accessibility
★★★★★
5/5
Are there any barriers to downloading the files?
Do the Table of Contents links expire before publishing new links?
Data Quality
★★★★★
5/5
What percentage of the MRFs are properly formatted and parseable
5 Stars - 100%
4 Stars - 80%...