A public reporting series

All Reports

The Solomon Report measures what public healthcare pricing data actually shows. Hospital prices and Medicare rates are public records. The Report puts them side by side.

12
November 2026 · Nevada
The House Wins

94.8% of 57,502 benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare, the highest of twelve states.

11
October 2026 · Wisconsin
The System Sets the Price

89.1% of 429,884 benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare, tied with Indiana for fourth of eleven states.

First report published under version 1.1.

10
October 2026 · Idaho
Two Kinds of Hospitals

77.5% of 90,738 benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare, seventh of ten states. Idaho's 22 critical access hospitals price above the line 66.4% of the time. Its other hospitals, 85.7%.

First report published under the Solomon Standard

9
October 2026 · Maryland
Control State

60.3% of 56,268 benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare's national rate, the lowest share in the series. In the one state where a commission sets rates for every payer, more than half of hospitals price a head CT below Medicare's national rate.

8
October 2026 · Florida
One Market

94.4% of 201,400 benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare, the highest rate in the series. The price moves with ownership, not geography.

7
September 2026 · New York
A Tale of Two New Yorks

69.2% of 73,473 benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare. In New York City the share is 94.3%, higher than any statewide figure in the series. In Buffalo it is 48.6%, lower than any.

6
September 2026 · New Jersey
New Jersey Against Indiana's Line

93.8% of 196,545 benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare. The second highest rate in the series. The first report to identify what each payer class pays inside the hospital's own files.

5
September 2026 · North Carolina
North Carolina Against Indiana's Line

85.1% of 155,422 benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare. The first report in the series to measure inpatient pricing, benchmarked against SCAN Health Plan's California contracts.

4
Michigan
Michigan Against Indiana's Line

62.6% of benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare. The lowest rate in the series.

3
Texas
Texas Against Indiana's Line

94.1% of benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare. The highest rate in the series.

2
Ohio
Ohio Against Indiana's Line

93.2% of benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare.

1
Indiana
Indiana Against Its Own Line

86.8% of benchmarkable list prices exceed 260% of Medicare, the threshold Indiana wrote into law.

Twelve states measured. More to come, each under the Solomon Standard.