Various studies and surveys by patient advocacy groups have shown recent low compliance with the price transparency rule, including among some of the biggest health systems. A recent report, however, found that hospitals may be “moving in the right direction.”
The committee is asking the GAO to look into the requirement that hospitals make public a machine-readable list of standard price ranges for all services, including payer-specific negotiated charges. Hospitals have pushed back on the requirement, saying it’s costly, complex and “has no direct benefit to patients.”
