Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using ProcedureRadar ("procedureradar.com", the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the Service. These terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access ProcedureRadar, including consumers browsing pricing data and businesses accessing our API.

2. Description of Service

ProcedureRadar is a healthcare pricing data directory. We aggregate, normalize, and present publicly available hospital pricing data that hospitals are required to publish under federal law (45 CFR Part 180, the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule).

ProcedureRadar does not provide medical advice, treatment recommendations, or diagnoses. We are not a healthcare provider, health plan, or medical professional. The pricing information displayed on this site is for informational and comparison purposes only.

ProcedureRadar also offers a B2B API that provides programmatic access to our pricing data for qualified business customers under separate subscription agreements.

3. Use of Data

All pricing data on ProcedureRadar is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for contacting the hospital, your insurance provider, or a qualified financial advisor. Prices shown are sourced from hospital Machine-Readable Files and may not reflect your actual out-of-pocket cost.

Your actual cost for a medical procedure depends on numerous factors including your specific insurance plan and coverage, the complexity of your individual case, additional services required (such as anesthesia, imaging, or lab work), whether the provider is in-network or out-of-network, and your deductible and out-of-pocket maximum status.

We recommend using ProcedureRadar as a starting point for research. Always contact the hospital billing department or your insurance company for a personalized cost estimate before scheduling a procedure.

4. Intellectual Property

While the underlying hospital pricing data is published by hospitals under federal mandate, ProcedureRadar's normalized dataset, quality scoring algorithms, data processing methodology, and consumer presentation layer are proprietary and constitute original compiled works protected under US copyright law.

ProcedureRadar's data processing methodology is the subject of a pending US provisional patent application.

You may not systematically scrape, download, copy, reproduce, or redistribute the data, analysis, or presentation from ProcedureRadar without prior written authorization. Individual consumers may view and use the data for personal, non-commercial research purposes. Any other use requires a license or API subscription.

5. Prohibited Uses

When using ProcedureRadar, you agree not to:

• Use automated tools (scrapers, crawlers, bots, spiders) to extract data from the consumer website beyond normal browsing behavior.
• Systematically download or harvest pricing data for the purpose of building a competing product or dataset.
• Resell, sublicense, or commercially redistribute ProcedureRadar data without a valid API subscription or written license agreement.
• Attempt to bypass rate limits, authentication mechanisms, or access controls on the Service or API.
• Misrepresent ProcedureRadar data as your own original work or remove attribution to ProcedureRadar as the source.
• Use the Service in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair ProcedureRadar's infrastructure.
• Present ProcedureRadar pricing data as a guaranteed cost, medical advice, or insurance coverage determination.

Violation of these restrictions may result in immediate termination of access, including IP blocking and legal action. ProcedureRadar reserves the right to pursue remedies under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), DMCA, and applicable state law.

6. API Terms

Access to the ProcedureRadar API requires a paid subscription. API clients are bound by these Terms of Service and any additional API-specific terms provided at the time of subscription.

Each API subscription tier includes specific rate limits and monthly usage caps. Exceeding these limits may result in overage charges or temporary throttling as described in your subscription agreement. API keys are non-transferable and must be kept confidential. You are responsible for all activity conducted under your API credentials.

ProcedureRadar reserves the right to revoke API access for any client that violates these terms, including but not limited to: systematic data extraction beyond authorized use, redistribution of data to third parties, or use of data to build competing products.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

ProcedureRadar provides all data and services on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no warranties, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of pricing data displayed on the Service.

Hospital prices change. Our monthly scan reflects the most recent snapshot available from each hospital's published Machine-Readable File. Between scans, actual hospital prices may have been updated. We disclaim all warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

While we employ quality scoring, outlier detection, and data validation throughout our pipeline, we cannot guarantee that every data point is error-free. Data sourced from hospitals may contain errors in the original files that we are unable to detect automatically.

8. Limitation of Liability

ProcedureRadar, its owners, officers, employees, and affiliates shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service, including but not limited to damages arising from decisions made based on pricing data displayed on or obtained through the Service.

ProcedureRadar is not a healthcare provider, insurance company, or financial advisor. We do not recommend, endorse, or certify any hospital, physician, insurance plan, or treatment. You assume full responsibility for your healthcare and financial decisions. In no event shall ProcedureRadar's total liability exceed the amount you have paid to ProcedureRadar in the twelve months preceding the claim.

9. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless ProcedureRadar LLC, its founder, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from: (a) your use of the Service or API, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of any third-party right, including intellectual property rights, or (d) any claim that your use of ProcedureRadar data caused damage to a third party. This indemnification obligation survives termination of these Terms and your use of the Service.

10. DMCA and Copyright Protection

ProcedureRadar's normalized, quality-scored, and structured pricing dataset constitutes a compiled work with independent copyright protection under United States copyright law. The individual hospital Machine-Readable Files are public records, but ProcedureRadar's aggregation, normalization, quality scoring, and presentation of that data represent original compilations of fact protected under Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991).

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been used on ProcedureRadar in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, you may submit a DMCA takedown notice to our designated agent:

Your notice must include: (a) a description of the copyrighted work, (b) the URL of the allegedly infringing material, (c) your contact information, (d) a statement of good faith belief that the use is not authorized, and (e) a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf.

11. Liquidated Damages

You acknowledge that unauthorized systematic extraction, scraping, or redistribution of ProcedureRadar data would cause substantial harm to ProcedureRadar that would be difficult to quantify. Accordingly, you agree that in the event of a material breach of Section 5 (Prohibited Uses) involving systematic data extraction, scraping, or redistribution, ProcedureRadar shall be entitled to liquidated damages of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per incident, in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity. This liquidated damages provision reflects a reasonable estimate of the harm caused by such breaches and is not intended as a penalty.

12. Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service or the use of ProcedureRadar, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall take place in the State of New Jersey. The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Class Action Waiver: You agree that any arbitration or legal proceeding shall be conducted on an individual basis only. You waive any right to participate in a class action, class arbitration, or any other representative proceeding. If this class action waiver is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void.

Small Claims Exception: Notwithstanding the above, either party may bring an individual action in small claims court for disputes within that court's jurisdictional limits.

13. Modifications

ProcedureRadar reserves the right to update, modify, or replace these Terms of Service at any time. Material changes will be indicated by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Service after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

14. Governing Law

These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising from these terms or your use of the Service shall be resolved in the courts of the State of New Jersey.

15. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Service, contact us at: