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. 2021 May 3;4(5):e2110109.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10109.

Transparency, Accessibility, and Variability of US Hospital Price Data

Waqas Haque  1 , Muzzammil Ahmadzada  2 , Hassan Allahrakha  3 , Eman Haque  4 , David Hsiehchen  5
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Transparency, Accessibility, and Variability of US Hospital Price Data

Waqas Haque et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the compliance of hospitals with a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ruling mandating that hospital chargemasters be publicly available in a machine-readable file.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Chargemaster Price Identification and Variation for Shoppable Items Across the 100 Largest US Hospitals
Number of hospitals with matching and nonmatching prices for 25 shoppable items between 2 nonmedical reviewers. CT indicates computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
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