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S. 4106 116th Congress Senate

Health Care PRICE Transparency Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency.

Introduced: August 6, 2020 See on congress.gov
Health Consumer affairsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical records
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This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Became law
Jun 30, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 30, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 30, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act or the Health Care PRICE Transparency Act

This bill revises the format in which hospitals must list their standard charges for items and services to require that such lists are in a machine-readable format; it also revises the transparency requirements related to the costs of items and services for health insurance plans seeking certification as qualified health plans through insurance exchanges.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 7676 Identical bill Health Care PRICE Transparency Act
  • S 4537 RECOVERY Act
  • S 4796 Fair Care Act of 2020
  • HR 8527 Fair Care Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 8
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Oct 1, 2020
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Sep 17, 2020
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Aug 6, 2020
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jul 23, 2020
 R
Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jun 30, 2020
 R
Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Jun 30, 2020
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 30, 2020
 R
Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Jun 30, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4106: Health Care PRICE Transparency Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4106/
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"S. 4106: Health Care PRICE Transparency Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4106/.
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S. 4106, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4106/.
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