Health Affairs December 3, 2024
Editor’s Note
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider prices in the private-sector markets and their contribution to overall spending therein. Additional articles will be published throughout 2024. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.
Recent years have seen significant strides in health care price transparency in the United States. This initiative aims to empower patients and reduce costs, enjoying broad bipartisan support. The Hospital Price Transparency Rule, which took effect in January 2021, mandates that hospitals disclose their standard charges...