H.R. 9645 · In committee · Health

Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act

What it does

Requires specified hospitals receiving Medicare payment to compile and publicly disclose all standard charges and prices for items and services, updated at least annually, beginning January 1, 2027.
Mandates hospitals publicly post discounted cash prices or median cash prices for at least 300 CMS-specified shoppable services in inpatient and outpatient settings in plain language with billing codes.
Requires hospitals to include payer-specific negotiated charges, deidentified maximum and minimum negotiated charges, gross charges, and links to charity care policies in publicly disclosed pricing.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a uniform, machine-readable format for standard charges and a consumer-friendly format for shoppable services pricing by January 1, 2028.
Deems hospitals in compliance with shoppable services transparency if they maintain a price estimator tool allowing individuals to obtain price estimates before the effective date of advanced explanations of benefits regulations.

Jul 15, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 15.

Committee: House Ways and Means