Healthcare Price Transparency
Tell Congress: Protect Patients from Hidden Prices
Did You Know?
100 million Americans are in medical debt — the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the United States.
NEW Polling: Americans Want Healthcare Price Transparency Now
More than 90% of Americans would shop to find the best care at the most affordable price if they had access to actual prices for medical services.
Nearly 90% of Americans said they’d be more likely to seek routine care if they knew they could get the actual price of their care in advance or receiving it.
3 out of 5 Americans have put off medical care because they didn’t know the cost and feared they couldn’t afford it.
1 out of 3 Americans believe Healthcare Price Transparency should be a TOP priority for Congress.
Call your Congressmen and demand they stand up for your right to know prices by passing healthcare price transparency legislation.
Additional Resources
Patient Voices
Watch the real stories of Americans suffering due to a lack of transparency in healthcare.
Fifth Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Report
Only 36% of hospitals are fully compliant with the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule according to the latest PRA compliance report.
Hospital Price Files Finder
This search tool provides free public access to hospital pricing files from nearly all 6,000 hospitals across the United States.
PRA Price Variation Report
When hospitals don’t have to disclose all prices, they can charge whatever they want.
Patients are being charged drastically different prices for the same care within the same hospitals and across hospitals in the same states.
Transparency would reveal these discriminatory pricing practices and give consumers the information they need to protect from overcharges, shop for care, and ultimately create a competitive marketplace that will lower costs.