New publication traces roots of healthcare pricing opacity and explains why transparency depends on transforming ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

2025 has been marked by price transparency buzz in the form of a number of legislative updates. In February, President Trump signed an executive order that indicated Washington was dedicated to moving ...

The Trump administration pushed for price transparency in health care. But instead of patients shopping for services, it's mostly health systems and insurers using the information for negotiations.

In Oregon, the cost of a routine cesarean section can swing by thousands of dollars depending on where it’s performed. At OHSU Hospital, for example, the listed price for a C-section billed to a ...

Aetna and Cigna's TIC data generally matched or exceeded their reported provider counts, while UnitedHealthcare listed fewer providers. Physician and hospital outpatient data were more complete than ...

A new analysis of price transparency data reveals massive and often irrational variations in payer rates, arming providers with powerful new leverage for contract negotiations. Newly available health ...

But Binder feels that opening up price transparency can and should be a gateway to better transparency about other parts of the healthcare system. "While we’re focused on quality and safety [at ...

Trilliant Health, the healthcare industry's leading analytics firm, today announced an update to its centralized hospital price transparency dataset reflecting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

This study examined the impact of price transparency and prosocial messaging on patient engagement of price-protected consumers in seeking value-based care. Objectives: To examine the effects of price ...

Trilliant Health finds nearly 1,000 hospitals – roughly one in five reviewed – are already publishing price transparency data in the updated format. Trilliant Health, the healthcare industry's leading ...