Article: Spectrum Health Enhances Web Site With Payment Information.(Website overview)

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Spectrum Health announced today it has added average payments it receives from Medicare, Medicaid and health insurance companies for specific procedures on its Web site, www.spectrum-health.org/averageprices. This additional information complements the average prices listed for nearly 250 Spectrum Health Grand Rapids adult procedures that have been posted since October 2006.

"Transparency in health care is what we are committed to at Spectrum Health," said Michael P. Freed, executive vice president & CFO, Spectrum Health. "By making our prices public along with posting what we are actually paid for medical procedures, we hope to give ...

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