House Bill Would Force Hospitals to Post Prices Monthly, Accept Cash Rates as Full Payment
This bill is currently sitting in three different House committees and has not moved since September 2025. Because no action has occurred for nine months, the bill is considered stalled. A House committee must review the bill before it can move forward, but most bills like this never receive a vote.
No action since September 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Introduced in House
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Sens. Roger Marshall and John Hickenlooper introduced the 'Patients Deserve Price Tags Act' last week. It would require public reporting of negotiated rates, costs and cash prices for services provided at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers and clinical labs.
The bill aims to expand and improve transparency efforts through three approaches: improving billing-related information for patients, strengthening employers' access to information about the health plans they sponsor, and building on existing federal price transparency requirements.
The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act requires health care providers to publish the costs of their services, including cash prices for patients who want to pay out of pocket, in addition to rates providers have negotiated with insurers.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
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