In the US, the very same blood test can cost $19 at one clinic and $522 at another clinic just blocks away -- and nobody knows the difference until they get a bill weeks later. Journalist Jeanne Pinder says it doesn't have to be this way. She's built a platform that crowdsources the true costs of medical procedures and makes the data public, revealing the secrets of health care pricing. Learn how knowing what stuff costs in advance could make us healthier, save us money -- and help fix a broken system.

Jeanne Pinder: What if all US health care costs were transparent?

What if all US health care costs were transparent?

Discovering a generic anti-nausea drug billed at $1,419, which is available online for $2.49, unveils the opacity of health care costs.

A startling price range for echocardiograms, $200 in Brooklyn to $2,150 in Manhattan, highlights drastic health care cost variability.

Empowering patients through price transparency could revolutionize health care, making it possible to choose the $19 test over the $522 one.