Parsing Payer MRFs

Healthcare price transparency parsing payer mrfs from the Payerset team.

Why Complete Healthcare Price Transparency is Essential - And What It Takes to Get It Right
Parsing Payer MRFs 4 min read

Why Complete Healthcare Price Transparency is Essential - And What It Takes to Get It Right

Comprehensive healthcare price transparency data has become essential for fair negotiations, strategic planning, and financial forecasts. Here's why completeness matters and how to get it right.

May 14, 2025 Jerry DiMaso
Locations for Health Plan Transparency in Coverage Machine Readable Files Now Publicly Documented
Parsing Payer MRFs 1 min read

Locations for Health Plan Transparency in Coverage Machine Readable Files Now Publicly Documented

Payerset is now publicly documenting the location of all health plan Machine Readable Files (MRFs) to enhance transparency compliance and serve as a valuable public resource.

January 28, 2024 Joseph Tollison
November 2023: A Landmark Month in Health Plan Price Transparency
Parsing Payer MRFs 2 min read

November 2023: A Landmark Month in Health Plan Price Transparency

A look at the unprecedented growth in price transparency data during November 2023, including Elevance achieving zero corrupted files and United adding 200 billion rows of data.

November 18, 2023 Joseph Tollison
Parsing Payer MRFs 2 min read

A Turning Tide: How Major Payers are Stepping Up Their Data Game

A look at how major payers like Aetna, United, and Elevance are improving their price transparency data quality and accessibility.

November 13, 2023 Thomas Miller
Parsing Payer MRFs 2 min read

The Parse Oscar Goes To...

A lighthearted look at the most challenging payer price transparency files to parse, awarding 'Parse Oscars' to Elevance, Aetna, and Humana for their creative approaches to data publishing.

October 23, 2023 Thomas Miller
And Then There Was Humana...
Parsing Payer MRFs 3 min read

And Then There Was Humana...

An exploration of the unique challenges Humana presents for healthcare price transparency data access, from nearly 12 million individual files to API rate limiting and processing hurdles.

May 27, 2023 Joseph Tollison
Aetna's Price Transparency & Thwarting Web Scraping to Keep Data Under Wraps
Parsing Payer MRFs 2 min read

Aetna's Price Transparency & Thwarting Web Scraping to Keep Data Under Wraps

Exploring the various techniques Aetna employs to block web scraping technologies, hindering data accessibility for consumers and other stakeholders.

March 2, 2023 Thomas Miller
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's Data Obfuscation: The 180GB Table of Contents
Parsing Payer MRFs 2 min read

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's Data Obfuscation: The 180GB Table of Contents

How Anthem BCBS made their price transparency table of contents over 180GB uncompressed and the techniques they employed to replicate data, creating barriers to accessibility.

February 10, 2023 Joseph Tollison