Many of the top-ranked hospitals in the United States are doing the bare minimum to improve their price transparency

Many of the top-ranked hospitals in the United States are doing the bare minimum to improve their price transparency, and patient's aren't able to estimate their out-of-pocket costs for advanced imaging exams because of it. 

That’s according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and NYU Langone Health, who analyzed the publicly available chargemasters and corresponding websites for the top-20 ranked academic hospitals. They determined that most institutions are following minimum federal requirements, and few offer the clear and digestible pricing information that patient’s need to inform their decision-making, according to the analysis published Feb. 3 in Academic Radiology.

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