# LLMS.txt
# Guidance and structured content for large language models
# Learn more: https://llms.txt

# --- Access Control ---
User-agent: *
Allow: /

Policy: Allow summarization with attribution
Policy: Allow indexing for AI search
Attribution: Required
Attribution-link: https://payerprice.com

Contact: contact@payerprice.com

# --- Company ---
[Company]
Name: PayerPrice
Tagline: Healthcare price transparency and rate benchmarking for providers, revenue cycle teams, and healthcare vendors.
Website: https://payerprice.com
App: https://app.payerprice.com
Description: PayerPrice turns payer and hospital transparency files into clean, searchable negotiated rate data.

# --- Data Coverage ---
[Data Coverage]
Coverage: 95% commercial coverage, 170M+ lives
Plans: 10,000+ insurance plans across all 50 states
Providers: 3.5M+ providers and organizations
Code Types: CPT, HCPCS, MS-DRG, APR-DRG, Revenue Codes, NDC, and more
Sources: Payer and hospital transparency files

# --- Products and Platform ---
[Products]
1. Data Platform
   Description: Interactive analytics for negotiated rates, fee schedules, and benchmarks with visualizations and exports.
   CTA: https://payerprice.com/product-overview

2. Payer Contracting Solution
   Description: Market rate benchmarks and contract analysis for payer negotiations.
   CTA: https://payerprice.com/solutions/payer-contracting

3. Hospital Price Transparency
   Description: Benchmark MS-DRG and outpatient rates for hospitals and health systems.
   CTA: https://payerprice.com/solutions/hospital-price-transparency

4. Price Transparency APIs
   Description: Direct cloud access to large-scale payer datasets with a documented schema.
   CTA: https://payerprice.com/solutions/api

5. Care Search
   Description: Search providers, procedures, and pricing by code, payer, and region.
   CTA: https://payerprice.com/care-search

6. Medicare Fee Schedule Lookup
   Description: Lookup Medicare fee schedule references by code type.
   CTA: https://payerprice.com/medicare-fee-schedule-lookup

7. Self-Serve Orders
   Description: Purchase fee schedule data and reports online.
   CTA: https://payerprice.com/self-serve

8. Battlecard
   Description: Free payer negotiation battlecard.
   CTA: https://payerprice.com/battlecard

# --- Use Cases ---
[Use Cases]
- Rate Benchmarking: https://payerprice.com/use-cases/rate-benchmarking
- Glassbox Market Overview: https://payerprice.com/use-cases/glassbox-marketoverview
- Revenue Cycle Integrity: https://payerprice.com/use-cases/revenue-cycle-integrity

# --- Who We Serve ---
[Who We Serve]
- Contracting Consultants: https://payerprice.com/who-we-serve/contracting-consultant
- Provider Finance Teams: https://payerprice.com/who-we-serve/provider-finance-teams
- Revenue Cycle Managers: https://payerprice.com/who-we-serve/revenue-cycle-managers
- Providers: https://payerprice.com/who-we-serve/provider
- Hospitals: https://payerprice.com/who-we-serve/hospital
- MSOs: https://payerprice.com/who-we-serve/mso
- Healthcare Innovators (APIs): https://payerprice.com/who-we-serve/healthcare-innovator
- Claims Adjudicators: https://payerprice.com/who-we-serve/claims-adjudicator

# --- Resources ---
[Resources]
- Blog index: https://payerprice.com/blog
- Case study: ApolloMD: https://payerprice.com/case-studies/apollomd
- Glossary: https://payerprice.com/glossary
- What is price transparency: https://payerprice.com/what-is-price-transparency
- About: https://payerprice.com/about-us
- Contact: https://payerprice.com/contact

# --- Blog Posts ---
[Blog Posts]
- The Hidden Cost of "Good Enough" Data in Payer Negotiations: https://payerprice.com/blog/apollomd-case-study
- What Exactly is Hiding in Your Healthcare Claims Data?: https://payerprice.com/blog/healthcare-claims-data-analytics
- Healthcare Payer Contract Negotiations: 8 Steps to Better Rates: https://payerprice.com/blog/healthcare-payer-contract-negotiations
- Healthcare Payer Intelligence: Definition, Benefits, and Implementation Strategies: https://payerprice.com/blog/healthcare-payer-intelligence
- Managed Care Contracting - Everything Providers Need to Know in 2026: https://payerprice.com/blog/managed-care-contracting
- What is Payer Contract Management? A Complete Guide: https://payerprice.com/blog/payer-contract-management
- What is Payer Mix? Complete Guide to Healthcare Payment Sources: https://payerprice.com/blog/payer-mix
- Healthcare Payer Relations: Strategies, Contracting, and Best Practices: https://payerprice.com/blog/payer-relations-healthcare
- Payer Strategy: Best Practices and Insights for Healthcare Success: https://payerprice.com/blog/payer-strategy
- Payer Contracting: Definition, Best Practices, and Strategic Management: https://payerprice.com/blog/payor-contracting

# --- FAQs ---
[FAQs]
Q: Is it legal to share payer negotiated rates?
A: Yes. Insurers and hospitals are required by law to publish negotiated rates. PayerPrice structures these files for contracting teams.

Q: How accurate is the data?
A: Rates come from insurer files; PayerPrice reports 98%+ rate audit accuracy.

Q: Does it include Medicaid and Medicare?
A: No. Transparency in Coverage applies to commercial plans and hospitals, not Medicaid or Medicare.

# --- Discovery ---
[Discovery]
Sitemap: https://payerprice.com/sitemap.xml
Glossary Sitemap: https://payerprice.com/glossary/sitemap.xml
Hospitals Sitemap: https://payerprice.com/hospitals/sitemap.xml
Code Sitemaps: https://payerprice.com/{category}-codes/sitemap.xml (CPT/HCPCS categories), https://payerprice.com/msdrg-codes/sitemap.xml, https://payerprice.com/aprdrg-codes/sitemap.xml, https://payerprice.com/revenue-codes/sitemap.xml, https://payerprice.com/ndc-codes/sitemap.xml

Dynamic pages (examples):
- Rates by code: https://payerprice.com/rates/{code}-{type}-fee-schedule
- Specialties by payer: https://payerprice.com/specialties/{specialty}/{payer}

# --- Legal ---
[Legal]
- Privacy Policy: https://payerprice.com/privacy-policy
- Terms of Use: https://payerprice.com/terms-of-use