Importance Breast reconstruction is costly, and negotiated commercial rates have been
hidden from public view. The Hospital Price Transparency Rule was enacted in 2021 to …

Objective: To measure commercial price variation for cancer surgery within and across
hospitals. Background: Surgical care for solid-organ tumors is costly, and negotiated …

Increasing insurance deductibles have prompted some medical centers to initiate
transparent pricing. However, the impact of price transparency (PT) on surgical volume …

Importance Many proposals for health care reform incentivize patients to play a more active
role in selecting health care providers on the basis of quality and price. While data on quality …

The Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule (the rule, hereafter), which requires hospitals to
post the payer-specific negotiated prices, discounted cash prices, and standard charges for …

A, Distribution of markup ratios for oncologic surgery among National Cancer Institute–
designated cancer centers, stratified by disease area and case severity. B, Maximum …

Methods: The hospital websites of the top 101 orthopaedic hospitals per the US News &
World Report 2020-2021 were explored to assess compliance with the price transparency …

Importance Cost variation among hospitals has been demonstrated for surgical procedures.
Uncovering these differences has helped guide measures taken to reduce health care …

Large price discrepancies exist between what private health plans pay for hospital services
and what Medicare pays. RAND Corporation researchers used data from three sources …

Background: Effective January 1, 2021, US hospitals were required to upload information on
their chargemaster prices (database of list prices), discounted cash prices (commonly …