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H.R. 5121 116th Congress House

Healthcare Cost Transparency Act

Official title: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to require health insurance issuers to maintain a price comparison tool, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 15, 2019 Introduced by: Donald S. Beyer, Jr. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
Health Consumer affairsEmployee benefits and pensionsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHealth care costs and insuranceHealth information and medical records
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Nov 18, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 15, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 15, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 18, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthcare Cost Transparency Act

This bill requires health insurance issuers, including those issuing plans to federal employees, to make price comparison guidance available to plan holders. Specifically, issuers must employ staff or provide an online tool to compare a plan holder's cost-sharing responsibility between in-network providers for specific items or services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5826 Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5121: Healthcare Cost Transparency Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5121/
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"H.R. 5121: Healthcare Cost Transparency Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5121/.
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H.R. 5121, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5121/.
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