Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm, has introduced the Health Price Transparency Analysis, an innovative analytics solution designed to help U.S. employers unlock actionable insights from publicly available healthcare pricing data. This new tool supports plan sponsors in managing rising medical costs, mitigating fiduciary risks, and making informed decisions about healthcare networks.

Features of Aon's Health Price Transparency Analysis

• Purpose and Benefits

  • Helps employers assess negotiated rates between payers and providers.

  • Supports strategic management of healthcare spend amid increasing cost pressures.

  • Empowers plan sponsors to optimize network performance and manage fiduciary risk.

  • Converts complex pricing data into clear, actionable insights.

• Advanced Analytics Capabilities

  • Utilizes petabytes of public price transparency data combined with Aon’s proprietary market data covering over 50 million commercial lives.

  • Powered by a team of 300+ health analytics and actuarial professionals.

• Granular Benchmarking

  • Enables comparison of negotiated rates at the procedure code level.

  • Covers broad, narrow, local, and specialty carrier networks across 5,000 hospitals, 600+ health systems, and 250+ payers.

• Network Performance Insights

  • Analyzes contract relationships with top-utilized hospitals in major markets.

  • Helps employers understand network value and steerage strategies.

• Provider Price Variance Insights

  • Compares rates across providers for common procedures.

  • Supports strategic decisions on network and provider selection.

• Fiduciary Documentation

  • Provides fully documented analysis to assist in third-party administrator selection.

  • Helps mitigate legal exposure related to plan oversight.

Market Context and Employer Impact

• Rising healthcare costs are a significant concern, with Aon’s 2025 U.S. Health Survey forecasting a 9.2% increase in costs for 2025, up from 8% in 2024.

• Employers face increasing pressure to act strategically to control costs and reduce fiduciary risks.

• Health Price Transparency Analysis offers timely, monthly-updated insights to maintain data recency and relevance.

• The analysis helps employers identify rate disparities and evaluate both current and alternative carrier networks with unprecedented detail.

Aon’s Health Price Transparency Analysis represents a major step forward in healthcare cost management for U.S. employers. By leveraging extensive data and expert analysis, the solution provides plan sponsors with the tools needed to make informed decisions, optimize healthcare networks, and build sustainable health strategies that are cost-effective and compliant in a rapidly evolving market.