First off, why?<p>How on earth could you possibly makes a cost vs. value trade off if you don&#x27;t know the cost?  You might have a hospital with better outcomes that charges 1&#x2F;2 of that of another hospital with worse outcomes.  Unless you know the cost, you&#x27;ll never make the system efficient.<p>Medicare already does it.  There are ~700 diagnosis codes that capture everything you might need to do to a patient admitted to the hospital.  The diagnosis codes are linked to a dollar amount that is supposed to cover everything (except labor which is a separate payment).