How the ranges and the directory are built.

Cost ranges

A range is built from three inputs: published US fee data for the procedure, the unit the provider actually sells (vial, session, package or surgical fee), and the arithmetic that turns the unit into an all-in planning number. The page states the inputs and the exclusions. A range is never a quote.

When the data is thin, the range is widened rather than narrowed. A wide, labelled range is more honest than a false point estimate.

Provider listings

Listings are collected from public business data for a defined set of metro areas. Each record is de-duplicated by name, address and phone. The listing records the provider name, address, phone, website, provider type and the procedures the public listing mentions.

Each listing carries a last_verified date. A listing that cannot be matched to a public business record is not published. We do not invent a clinic, a phone number or a procedure.

What we do not publish

• Star ratings or review scores presented as clinical quality.
• Before-and-after photos without consent and rights.
• Prices presented as quotes rather than planning ranges.
• Provider rankings or "best of" lists that cannot be defended.
• A clinical reviewer who has not signed off.

Update cycle

Cost pages are rechecked when a fee source changes or a new provider dataset is loaded. City and clinic pages are rechecked when a listing changes, a provider closes or a reader reports an error. The date on the page reflects the last check, not the date the page was first written.

Questions

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