The author has replied to me.

He declined to share a positive example (citing private internal fee schedules he couldn't share) and declined to produce a hypothetical positive example that he could share.

I'm the author. Publishing my reply to you (as I understood your question):

> No one can produce the corrected/missing rates but the insurance companies themselves. All we can do is point out when we’ve found rates/patterns that don’t make sense. E.g. https://github.com/CMSgov/price-transparency-guide/discussio...

What does this mean? Having read the article, I don't understand what it is you're asking the author for.

Article says "contracted rates that are wrong, mislabeled, or missing" so I want to see what a correct, properly labelled example looks like according to the author. I want to see what they think correct data looks like.

But that's entirely dependent on the data - if you read the article, you'll see that the author is pointing out how different datasets are reporting different values for the same healthcare service. A correct, properly labeled example is just that - a document where values are accurate rather than misreported.

If you want to get a sense of what a correct, properly labeled example might look like, you should visit the CMS's guidance [1]. Health insurers should be providing documents that follow the format described there, and most importantly, reporting values that are accurate.

[1] https://github.com/CMSgov/price-transparency-guide

The author has replied to me, and shared these great examples of transparent prices:

https://github.com/CMSgov/price-transparency-guide/tree/mast...

Along with this fantastic guide:

https://github.com/CMSgov/price-transparency-guide

I recommend them to anyone who wants to see good examples of price transparency.