RevCycle Intelligence January 16, 2024
A third of healthcare consumers believe Congress should prioritize hospital price transparency.
Healthcare consumers support price transparency, with many wanting hospitals to publish actual prices in advance, not estimates, according to a survey from PatientRightsAdvocate.org.
The survey, conducted by the Marist Poll between December 13 and December 14, 2023, and sponsored by the Patient Rights Advocate, Inc., reflects responses from 1,130 adults across the country.
The majority of respondents (94 percent) agree that healthcare organizations—including hospitals, doctors, and insurance companies—should be legally required to disclose all of their prices online in an easily accessible place. Prices consist of discounted prices, cash prices, and insurance-negotiated rates across hospitals and plans.
Similarly, 93 percent of consumers agreed that hospitals should be required...
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