Launch price and payer strategy

Your launch plan assumes a reimbursement rate. Can you show where it came from?

Medlyze provides what commercial payers and hospitals have published for the codes your product bills under, by payer and state, each with its source, with Medicare and Medicaid for reference.

Use it to evaluate reimbursement risk before launch, prioritize market opportunities, assess payer exposure, or support pricing assumptions.

Send your codes and the payers you are targeting. You get the latest commercial and hospital rates on record for each, by payer and state, within 24 hours.

The risk of deciding without it

What changes when the decision is made on the rate of record.

DecisionDecided on assumptionDecided on the rate of record
Launch price pointsThey rest on assumptions and a few conversations.They are anchored to what payers pay for the code, payer by payer.
First payer conversationsThey begin without a reference.They begin with the numbers payers see.
Territory and sales planningEvery state is treated alike.States are weighted by what they actually pay.
Market-access planCoverage gaps are found mid-launch.Payers and states with no rate on record are named up front.
Internal sign-offPricing, market access and finance hold different numbers.One set of rates, each with a source anyone can open.
Same code, every payer

Four New York payers publish four different medians for the same code.

A single national number hides that spread. Real published commercial rates, by payer and hospital; switch the code to see another. Your codes come in the same record, with Medicare and Medicaid for reference.

4 payers, median rates $20,542–$29,170 · 8 hospitals $6,554–$35,188
Commercial payersAetnaAetna: median $20,542 ($5,638–$43,315)United HealthcareUnited Healthcare: median $20,771 ($10,490–$39,292)CignaCigna: median $27,737 ($16,706–$57,778)Emblem HealthEmblem Health: median $29,170 ($14,194–$76,674)HospitalsMontefiore Medical CenterMontefiore Medical Center: median $6,554 ($2,753–$63,435)Garnet Health Medical CenterGarnet Health Medical Center: median $8,892 ($8,892–$29,750)Mount St. Mary's HospitalMount St. Mary's Hospital: median $9,836 ($6,164–$15,205)Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore Mercy Hospital: median $10,460 ($5,208–$15,205)Good Samaritan Hospital Medic…Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center: median $17,054 ($7,522–$22,388)St. Francis HospitalSt. Francis Hospital: median $21,550 ($6,976–$30,567)Montefiore New Rochelle Hospi…Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital: median $24,708 ($6,554–$65,600)White Plains HospitalWhite Plains Hospital: median $35,188 ($6,489–$61,699)$0$76,674

Dot = median · thin line = lowest to highest rate · shaded bar = middle half of a payer’s providers

SourceMedianLowest–highestBasis
White Plains Hospital$35,188$6,489–$61,6996 payers · file updated 4/1/2026
Emblem Health$29,170$14,194–$76,67443 providers · August 2026 file
Cigna$27,737$16,706–$57,77868 providers · August 2026 file
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital$24,708$6,554–$65,6009 payers · file updated 4/1/2026
St. Francis Hospital$21,550$6,976–$30,5678 payers · file updated 2/19/2026
United Healthcare$20,771$10,490–$39,292113 providers · August 2026 file
Aetna$20,542$5,638–$43,31564 providers · August 2026 file
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center$17,054$7,522–$22,3888 payers · file updated 2/19/2026
Kenmore Mercy Hospital$10,460$5,208–$15,2058 payers · file updated 2/25/2025
Mount St. Mary's Hospital$9,836$6,164–$15,2059 payers · file updated 2/25/2025
Garnet Health Medical Center$8,892$8,892–$29,7508 payers · file updated 4/1/2026
Montefiore Medical Center$6,554$2,753–$63,4358 payers · file updated 4/1/2026
Real published rates for New York: inpatient case rates for MS-DRG 194. Payers: August 2026 negotiated-rate files. Hospitals: the commercial payer rates each hospital publishes. A sample of payers and hospitals; your request covers the payers, hospitals and codes you name, plus Medicare and Medicaid.
What you get

A rate brief for your codes

The latest commercial payer and hospital rates on record by payer and state, with Medicare and Medicaid, each with its source and effective date.

A coverage statement

Which payers and states are in, and what a source does not publish.

A reference your whole team can check

Pricing, market access and finance work from the same numbers.

What you may be thinking

These files are public.

They are. The work is collecting payer and hospital files, matching them to your codes and checking them, so you get an answer instead of a pile of files.

Do you cover my payers and codes?

Coverage for your payers and codes is stated before you commit. What a source does not publish is named.

We already have consultants.

Bring them. They can work from the same record: every rate has its source, so what they cite and what you cite match.

We already have benchmarks.

A benchmark compares. The rate of record shows the rate and where it came from. Send three codes and the benchmark you use, and we reconcile them.

Is the example real data?

Yes: New York payers’ August 2026 negotiated-rate files and New York hospitals’ price transparency files. Commercial payer and hospital rates for your codes come in the same record, each with its source.

Check coverage for a product

We use your answers to prepare your sample and contact you about it.