Importance Price transparency regulations aim to help patients make informed decisions
about medical care, but enforcing these rules is a policy challenge. There may be an …

Abstract BACKGROUND The Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule, effective January 1,
2021, requires hospitals to post online a machine-readable file that includes payer-specific …

Methods: Using a nationally representative random sample of 470 hospitals, we assessed
compliance with both parts of the hospital transparency rule (publishing a machine-readable …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate demographic and hospital characteristics
that predict hospital price transparency in the United States. Methods We identified 6214 …

Importance To improve health care price transparency and promote cost-conscious
selection of health care organizations and practitioners, the Centers for Medicare & …

Slowing the growth of health care costs is critical to the long-term fiscal stability of the United
States and is the direct or indirect focus of most US health policy initiatives today. One tactic …

As of January 1, 2021, most US hospitals are required to publish pricing information on their
website to promote more informed decision making by consumers regarding their care. In a …

The Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule (the rule, hereafter), which requires hospitals to
post the payer-specific negotiated prices, discounted cash prices, and standard charges for …

The Trump administration continues its focus on making information about medical costs
more available as a strategy to help patients become more price-and cost-conscious in their …

It has become conventional wisdom that providing patients information about prices of
services will allow health care markets to work more effectively by enabling patients as …