What does AI-suggested care cost?
Every system, ranked
Cost of recommended care, by system
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Across successive versions
Did newer models get cheaper?
Each panel is one developer's family, ordered oldest to newest. Filled markers are systems from the published panel; ringed markers were released after it closed. The dashed rule is the treating physician.
What the money is
Cost anatomy, and whether prompting fixes it
The primary outcome splits into diagnostic tests and specialist referrals. Medications are counted, not priced, so they sit outside the total — shown here as a separate strip.
Tests and referrals per visit
Sorted by total; medication counts shown alongsidePrompt arms
Exploratory
Does spending more buy agreement?
Agreement with the treating physician, against cost. A divergent plan is not necessarily a wrong one — the comparator is what the physician documented, not verified ground truth.
Methods & caveats