Pricing Explained

Imagine a $500,000 hospital bill from an emergency open heart surgery. The bill first gets negotiated down to a reasonable fair market rate, approximately $150,000, and then gets submitted to the Community. 1,111 members give $135 each to meet the need of this medical bill

When Brian breaks his arm and faces $5,000 worth of medical bills from the ER, follow up care, and physical therapy he knows he’s going to pay for the first $500 of care and then he can ask the Community for help with the rest. The remaining $4,500 gets crowdfunded by the Community, and sent directly to Brian who uses the funds to pay his medical bills.

For a planned knee replacement, CommunityCare can help you shop for a high quality, fairly priced provider. Knee Replacement surgery on the free market costs approximately $20,000.  This amount, distributed among 140 members, can be crowdfunded prior to the surgery so you have the funds you need to pay at the time of service. 

Lisa and Michael are expecting their first child and just had their very first prenatal visit. While at the visit, their doctor gives them information on their cash-pay Global Fee for all prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care totaling $6000. When Lisa calls to register with the hospital, she is given a Good Faith Estimate for her delivery totaling another $6,000.  Additional blood work and imaging adds another $1,500 to the total, bringing their maternity costs to $13,500. Lisa and Michael know they will be paying the first $3,000 for their Maternity Member Commitment and use the $10,500 they receive from the Community to pay the remaining balances.