Fictional example
What a result looks like.A made-up bill, checked line by line.
This bill is invented. The hospital, the lines and every amount were made up to show the format. It is not anyone's real bill, and your result will depend entirely on your own bill.
Emergency department visit, moderate severity
99284 · checked
Above fair market by $730
$1,850
fair $1,120
Chest X-ray, single view
71045 · checked
Above fair market by $75
$265
fair $190
Blood count panel
85025 · checked
Above fair market by $19
$52
fair $33
Injection, pain medication
J1885 · checked
$22
fair $24
Room and board, semi-private
0110 · department category — no published rate exists
$2,376
IV start kit
A4649 · no published rate
$18
Above fair market
$824
Fictional example, not a prediction
Billed $4,583 in total. This bill is above fair market by $824 across 3 line items.
Benchmarks derive from the 2026 Medicare fee schedules. $2,394 of this bill, across 2 lines, has no published rate and could not be assessed either way.
How to read this
- Each line shows what was billed and, where a published benchmark exists, the fair market figure it is compared against.
- A line within the benchmark is simply marked checked. Only lines above it are counted.
- A line with no published rate is shown but never counted either way.
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