Beginning January 1, 2019, all hospitals in the United States were required to make their chargemaster lists available to the public. In an aim for more transparent pricing, these lists contain all the procedures and resources in the hospital accompanied by their cost. Unfortunately, these lists do not allow patients to discern estimates for their care. Instead, chargemasters are long, complex, technical lists that are intended for computers to read rather than everyday people. Wellness Wallet seeks to change this. By harnessing the data from chargemaster lists, Wellness Wallet is an app designed to empower its users to comparison shop for hospital procedures. This first-of-its-kind service contains features to filter by insurance provider network, locations, doctors, and more.

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The visual design of the app acknowledges the traditional appearance of the financial and medical industries. But, Wellness Wallet isn’t like other financial or medical apps. Instead, it utilizes a bold purple and modern typography to emphasize the innovation occurring behind the scenes. Still, user feedback showed confusing and time consuming experiences with insurance consistently created frustration and anger. To avoid these feelings, Wellness Wallet is built with clear, friendly, and simple design in mind.