Premera Blue Cross
This data contains the price transparency machine-readable files provided by Premera Blue Cross that have been normalized into easy-to-use tables.
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This data contains the price transparency machine-readable files provided by Premera Blue Cross that have been normalized into easy-to-use tables.
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Table of Contents
Overall Rating: 4/5- Good
Rates Records: 17,282,187,878
Provider Records: 148,670,900,267
Machine-Readable Price Transparency Files Review
MRFs Up-to-Date: ✔️ Yes, the MRFs are kept up to date each month, though each region appears to be updated separately and at different times.
Table of Contents Accessibility: ✔️ The Table of Contents link is easily accessible.
Table of Contents Formatting: ✔️ Table of Contents is properly formatted.
File Download Barriers: ✔️ There are no barriers to downloading the files, though there are mostly zip files that contain thousands of other files, which makes processing a little challenging.
File Accessibility Percentage: ❌ 99% of the files are accessible and uncorrupted, there are 5 files that are not accessible, leading to a lower rating.
Overall Assessment: Premera does a great job of posting these files each month with accurate rates. They duplicate provider data substantially, but that can be a result of interpretation of the CMS rules.
File Error Details
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
★★★★☆
4/5
What percentage of the MRFs are properly formatted and parseable
5 Stars - 100%
4 Stars - 80%...