The price transparency rule will only be effective when consumers use the information to seek care from lower-cost and high-quality providers.
Nearly 18 months after new hospital price transparency rules took effect on Jan. 1, 2021 — requiring hospitals to supply detailed pricing information for easy cost comparisons — this much is clear: Price transparency may be a necessary mechanism to lower hospital costs and health care spending, but it's not enough.
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