What We Do
CareGuide Advocates is a medical cost savings and transparency company.
We offer three custom software-based cost savings platforms.
Our mission: help millions save billions on routine medical care.
- We focus on the common care
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Blood Work
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Urgent Center Care
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Surgery Center Care
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Imaging Studies
Products and Services
Money Map
Money Map is a low-cost care locator. Using Google Maps and markers, Money Map displays nearby low cost, in-network providers by category in just seconds.
- Tap the Map to save or make money
- Care options travel with you on our mobile experience
- Save 60% on average with Money Map providers
- $1,000,000 in potential savings exists on routine care for every 1,000 employees
- Have a network? Want your own Money Map? CareGuide Advocates can do that for you.
CareGuide Advocates Cost Driver Report
The Ultimate in Medical Cost Transparency in Just a Few Clicks
The CareGuide Advocates Cost Driver Report uses your health plan’s own privacy compliant medical claims data to leverage actionable savings solutions.
- The only line-itemized health plan spend of cost drivers on the market
- Top 12 care items make up half the spend. Understand them within one minute.
- We name names. We show real pricing.
- Every procedure by test name, CPT code, provider name and real price paid (claim allowable)
- Frequency of use per provider and procedure (spending pattern by plan members)
1,000% pricing variation exists for the same care in-network. No plan should accept this. Cost drivers can be targeted.
Search and Save Engine
One Billion Searchable Price Tags
- View lowest to highest priced medical providers per care time with real prices paid
- Unlimited medical cost searches by zip code at pratter.us for each member and his or her family
- Medicare or network-specific pricing (provide us your claims to make this happen)
- Perfect for reference-based pricing (RBP) health plans
Who We Serve
CareGuide Advocates serves associations, MEC plans, self-insured employers and unions, third party administrators, health shares and tribal nations.
- You have the right to view the very medical bills you paid.
- We make it second grade easy for plans to understand an itemized medical bill of its cost drivers
- Create actionable insight and solutions to save money on medical care
- 100% loyal to our self-insured customers
- No financial conflicts of interest with hospitals or health insurance companies
Partnering With CareGuide Advocates
We seek partnerships with like-minded people, helping those who want all to have affordable access to care the CareGuide Advocates way, growing their businesses while serving others using CareGuide Advocates products and services.
Best-fit business entities include
- Health plan third party administrators (TPAs)
- Employee benefit consultants
- Self-insured companies
- Self-insured unions
- Online benefits platforms
- Professional employer organizations (PEOs)
- Alternative health plans, such as Christian shares