Federal house In committee
HR 5512
Healthcare Price Transparency Strengthening Act
In House Energy + Commerce; hearings held.
Read the official bill text ↗Summary
Requires hospitals and insurers to publish negotiated rates in standardized, machine-readable format with civil-penalty teeth for non-compliance, and creates a federal aggregation site.
Key provisions
- Standardized JSON schema for negotiated rates
- Civil penalty up to $5,500/day per non-compliant facility
- Mandatory aggregation on a public HHS portal
- Plain-language summary of out-of-pocket maximums per plan
- Patient right to a binding good-faith estimate
Effect
Who benefits Patients, researchers, employers shopping for plans.
Who pays Hospitals + insurers (compliance + competitive pressure on negotiated rates).
Your reps on this bill
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James Lankford
U.S. Senator · R-OK
no roll call
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Alan Armstrong
U.S. Senator · R-OK
no roll call
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Josh Brecheen
U.S. Rep · OK-02 · R-OK
no roll call
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David Bullard
U.S. Senator · R-OK
no roll call
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Cody Maynard
U.S. Rep · HD-21 · R-OK
no roll call