20% of U.S. hospitals have been warned over secretive prices

By John Tozzi and Tanaz Meghjani
Published 5 Min Read

Some of the largest U.S. hospital chains and most prestigious academic medical centers have violated federal rules by not posting the prices they charge for care, according to records obtained by Bloomberg News.

For-profit HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest hospital system, and big nonprofit operators including Ascension and Trinity Health have been cited for failing to make prices fully available to the public, enforcement letters Bloomberg obtained through a public records request show. So have marquee facilities such as New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, Emory University Hospital and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

John Tozzi and Tanaz Meghjani

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