Illustration of health care complexity Hospital chargemasters are plagued with data problems, including cryptic codes, hard-to-understand drug names, and duplicate data.

It's been a rough week for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) rules that took effect Jan. 1 requiring hospitals to provide detailed pricing information on their websites to allow for easy cost comparisons.

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