# Medicare benchmark view (allowed by code × class)

`vlada_curated.vw_medicare_benchmark` · Medicare Advantage, Part D, Medicaid · status live

A unified Medicare-allowed benchmark view by billing code + class, with the medicare_source (PFS/OPPS/etc.) and year. The single benchmark surface the RBP pricing router reads for "Medicare allowed for this code".

**Grain.** One row per (billing_code, billing_class) — Medicare allowed + source/year.

| column | type | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| billing_code | string |  |
| billing_class | varchar(13) |  |
| medicare_allowed | double |  |
| medicare_source | varchar(19) |  |
| medicare_year | int |  |

Tools that read it: compare_hospital_rates, medicare_allowed

Query it: `query_substrate` with `SELECT ... FROM vlada_curated.vw_medicare_benchmark WHERE ... LIMIT 100`; read `describe_data_source("vlada_curated.vw_medicare_benchmark")` first.