Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
House Bill Would Force Hospitals to Post Prices Monthly, Accept Cash Rates as Full Payment
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Hospitals would have to post their prices every month, for free and without a login, including cash prices and insurer-negotiated prices.
- Hospitals would need a consumer-friendly list of at least 300 “shop ahead” services through 2026, then list all such services after that.
- If you pay cash, the hospital would have to accept its posted discounted cash price as payment in full, no matter what insurance you have.
- Starting in 2027, many labs, imaging centers, and certain surgery centers would also have to post similar price lists, with penalties for not doing it.
- Health plans would have to give clearer cost tools and more detailed explanations of benefits, and providers would have to send itemized bills before trying collections.
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
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Milestones
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.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
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Source Information
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
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