Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-06-23Topic: health care

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Starting January 1, 2028, this bill would require hospitals to post their prices online for free each year, including list prices, cash prices, and the rates they have negotiated with each insurance plan, plus consumer-friendly prices for at least 300 services that can be scheduled ahead. The federal health department would set a uniform format, monitor compliance through complaints and audits, and fine hospitals that do not comply, with daily fines based on hospital size. It could waive or reduce fines in some cases, such as for rural hospitals. Similar price-posting rules would apply to ambulatory surgical centers and to certain clinical laboratories and imaging providers paid by Medicare. Group health plans would have to tell members, on request, how much they would owe out of pocket for a specific service from a specific provider.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-07-21	House	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 45 - 0.	refer
2026-07-21	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held	refer
2026-07-20	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held	refer
2026-06-25	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.	refer
2026-06-25	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held	refer
2026-06-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-06-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-06-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-06-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	refer
2026-06-23		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-06-23		Introduced in House	introduce

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