Category: price transparency

More Than Two-Thirds of Hospital Operation Prices Not Compliant With Transparency Rules: Study

The majority of American hospitals are still not transparent on their pricing of hospital procedures, even though transparency policies were initiated in 2019, according to recent studies on hospital pricing for joint replacements and other procedures. A study by Cleveland Clinic Foundation found that only around a third—32 percent—of hospitals were totally transparent with their…


Hospital Prices Are Supposed to Be Transparent Now

A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars—or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use. Long hidden, such price variations are supposed to be available in stark black and white under a Trump administration price transparency rule that took effect at the start of this year. It requires…


Appeals Court Upholds Trump Rule Requiring Hospitals to Show Prices Upfront

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday upheld a Trump administration rule that requires hospitals to disclose the prices they negotiate with insurers for a range of health tests and procedures. The 2-0 decision by the appeals court means that American patients will have access to hospital pricing information starting on…