H.R. 5582

Summary

The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act amends the Public Health Service Act to strengthen hospital and insurer price transparency requirements. It requires hospitals to publicly disclose monthly pricing information including gross charges, discounted cash prices, and payer-specific negotiated rates for all items and services in consumer-friendly formats.

Latest Action

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.