Package 'realdentalcosts'

Title: Client for the Real Dental Costs Open Data API (U.S. Dental Prices and Medicaid Payments)
Description: Minimal client for the free Real Dental Costs open data API: independent cash fair-price bands for U.S. dental procedures by state, and what Medicaid actually paid dentists per CDT code (HHS T-MSIS, 2018-2024). Returns plain data frames.
Authors: Real Dental Costs Data & Research Team [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Real Dental Costs Data & Research Team <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 0.1.0
Built: 2026-10-04 09:15:31 UTC
Source: https://github.com/shoopeur-eng/realdentalcosts-r

Help Index


What Medicaid paid dentists per claim line for one CDT code

Description

Benchmark derived from HHS T-MSIS Medicaid claims, 2018-2024 (DOI 10.7910/DVN/7F2BZI).

Usage

rdc_medicaid(code)

Arguments

code

CDT code such as "D1110", "D2740" or "D7140".

Value

A list with national and states (latest year per state, official fee schedule rate where published).


Index of the CDT codes available in the Medicaid benchmark

Description

Lists the CDT codes covered by the Real Dental Costs Medicaid benchmark.

Usage

rdc_medicaid_codes()

Value

The index object published at /api/v1/medicaid/index.json.


Cash fair-price band for a dental procedure, U.S. national and by state

Description

Downloads one procedure file from the Real Dental Costs open data API (https://realdentalcosts.com/en/api/).

Usage

rdc_procedure(slug)

Arguments

slug

Procedure slug, e.g. "dental-crown", "root-canal", "porcelain-veneer".

Value

A list with national (low/avg/high in USD) and by_state (data frame).