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Clinical Cost Variation

Reduce Clinical Cost Variation. Raise Financial Confidence.

Reveal what's driving cost differences—and act with clarity and confidence.
Tackle Variation, Unlock Savings.
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Understand What’s Behind the Variation in Cost of Care

Care costs can vary widely across providers, locations, and procedures—even within the same health system. While some variation is expected, unexplained differences often reveal inefficiencies or missed opportunities. Health Catalyst brings clarity to cost variation, helping teams understand the “why” and make smarter, more informed decisions.

Capture the True Cost of Care at the Case Level

Traditional costing approaches often obscure meaningful insights by using generalized assumptions and departmental averages. Our analytics platform provides encounter-level visibility, helping health systems break cost down to what really matters.

  • View activity-based cost reporting at the case level.
  • See real-time cost drivers behind care variation.
  • Identify care, resource use, and financial impact links.

Result: A trusted foundation for smarter, more transparent cost analysis.

Identify and Address High-Value Opportunities

Once variation is made visible, leaders can pinpoint where interventions are needed most—without relying on guesswork. Our platform helps you move from observation to action with confidence.

  • Benchmark costs by facility, service line, and provider.
  • Prioritize initiatives by opportunity and strategic goals.
  • Detect high-cost outliers and drivers like supply or LOS.
  • Monitor cost trends and progress over time.

Result: Focused improvement that targets the highest-value opportunities.

Turn Variation into Value

Health Catalyst helps health systems bring transparency to clinical cost variation, making it easier to engage teams, prioritize action, and ensure every dollar supports high-value care. Together, we can uncover variation, standardize wisely, and move from reactive to strategic.

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Engage Clinical Leaders with Meaningful Cost Insights

Too often, financial data is inaccessible or irrelevant to frontline clinicians. We equip clinical teams with the context and clarity they need to understand variation and participate in cost-improvement initiatives.

  • Generate dashboards by role—clinical, financial, and ops.
  • Compare cost data against clinical outcomes and workflows.
  • Align insights for shared accountability.

Result: A collaborative approach to financial improvement.

Support Sustainable Improvement with Measurable Impact

Identifying variation is just the beginning. Health systems also need the ability to track interventions, measure results, and sustain gains. Our platform closes the loop between insight and action.

  • Track the ROI of variation reduction initiatives.
  • Quantify the impact of standardization efforts.
  • Build framework for continual cost improvement.

Result: Long-term cost management success rooted in evidence.

Why Health Catalyst?

Too often, cost variation remains invisible or unexplained. Our platform brings together clinical and financial insight to surface what’s driving variation—then helps teams act on it with clarity and precision.
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Integrated clinical and financial data to illuminate true cost drivers.
Role-based dashboards and insights that engage both finance and clinical teams.
Automated, encounter-level costing that replaces estimates with real clinical and financial detail.
Scalable workflows and repeatable results that support long-term cost improvement.

What Implementation
Looks Like

Phase 1: Aggregate and Align

  • Connect clinical, financial, and operational data.
  • Validate costing methodologies and workflow.

Phase 2: Uncover and Act

  • Surface and prioritize high-value variation opportunities.
  • Equip teams with trusted insights for targeted interventions.

Phase 3: Measure and Sustain

  • Monitor trends and track results.
  • Scale standardization and improvement initiatives.

Proven Outcomes

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