Over- and underreporting of prices: most hospitals are not compliant with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.

ABSTRACT: Concern has been raised about the effectiveness of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule to facilitate a clear understanding of health care prices due to poor reporting by hospitals. However, the relationship between what services the hospital provides and what prices they report is not clear. We assessed reported prices in the Turquoise Health database and compared them at the hospital level with the CMS Provider of Services File to identify if a shoppable service was provided at a hospital. We found significant mismatch between the hospital prices being reported and the services being provided. For example, 56% of hospitals providing at least 1 shoppable service that requires public price reporting did not report any prices. Of hospitals reporting prices, most hospitals (66%) reported pri

SUBMITTER: Mead M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363865 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature