Hospital compliance with price transparency policy in the U.S.

Background: Starting in 2021, U.S. federal regulations required hospitals to disclose their prices and negotiated third-party payor rates as well as publish chargemasters and pricing information for 300 shoppable healthcare services in a consumer-friendly manner. There is variation in hospital compliance with this policy. The purpose of this study was to report the level of hospital compliance and examine factors associated with compliance so as to promote consumer-friendly hospital pricing information disclosure.