Health care providers must disclose charge information to patients upon request: 50 State Comparison

C.R.S. § 6-20-101: A hospital must inform a patient or person seeing treatment of the right to receive notice of the average charge for the treatment or procedure being sought (if it is a common inpatient procedure) before admission for that procedure.  The hospital must provide the price information to the person upon request before admission.

F.S.A. § 381.026: A primary care provider may publish a schedule of charges for the services it offers, including prices that an uninsured individual would pay paying by different modes  (cash, check, credit card).  The schedule must be posted conspicuously in the primary care provider’s office and must include the 50 most commonly performed procedures.  A health care provider or facility must furnish a reasonable estimate of the charges for service before it begins, if a patient requests in an easy to understand manner.  

F.S.A. § 395.301:  A licensed facility not operated by the state must inform patient at admission and discharge of their right to receive an itemized bill upon request.  If requested, the licensed facility not operated by the state must provide the itemized bill within 7 business days from the patient’s discharge in an easy to understand language.

F.S.A. § 395.107:  An urgent care center must publish and post a schedule of charges for medical services offered to patients.  The schedule of charges must be easy to understand, and include prices for an uninsured individual paying by cash, check or credit card.  The schedule must be conspicuously posted in the reception area and must include the 50 most frequently provided services.

ILCS § 2215/4-4: Hospitals must make the normal charge of a procedure available to any patient who is considering that procedure.

M.G.L.A. 111 § 228: A health care provider must disclose the allowed amount and charge of admission or a procedure  and facility charges before a patient is admitted or a procedure is done if the patient requests this information.  If the provider is unable to predict the specific treatment or diagnostic code, the provider must give the patient an estimate of the maximum charge allowed.

M.S.A. § 62J.052: Each pharmacy must provide the pharmacy’s usual and customary price for a prescription drug to a patient upon request.

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2075: Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers must provide a written estimate of the average charges for health services related to a particular diagnostic condition or medical procedure to a patient or prospective patient upon written request within 7 days.

Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.42: Each hospital must inform each patient of the price information list and provide the list for free to the patient if requested, upon the patient’s admission.

SDCL § 34-12E-8: A health care provider must disclose all fees and charges for health care procedures to a patient upon request. 

W.S.A. § 146.903: Health care providers must disclose to a health care consumer the median billed charge for a health care service, upon the consumer’s request and within a reasonable time from when the request was made.  Health care providers must submit a single document that lists thecharge information for the 25 most common conditions the provider treats, and prominently display in the practice area, a notice informing the patient of their right to receive charge information and comparative quality information noted above. 

Each hospital must prepare a single document containing charge information for 75 specific diagnosis-related groups for inpatient care and 75 specific outpatient surgical procedures, which must also be provided to a consumer upon request and at no charge, but does not constitute a legally binding estimate of the charge.