U.S. adults who knew about hospital price transparency

As of May 2021, five months since the federal hospital transparency rule came into effect, most U.S. adults were unaware of it. In fact, only nine percent of U.S. adults knew that hospitals are required to disclose the price of treatments and procedures on their websites. Roughly one in five adults incorrectly answered no, they're not required, while seven in ten were unsure.

Percentage of adults who did not know that hospitals are required to disclose the price of care in the United States as of 2021

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Yes, they are required	9%
No, they are not required	22%
Not sure	69%

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

May 18-May 25, 2021

Number of respondents

1,526 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Original question: "As far as you know, are hospitals required to disclose the price of treatments and procedures on their websites, or is this not something they are required to do, or are you not sure?"

The source adds the following: "As of January 1, 2021, hospitals are required to post prices of common health services on their websites via consumer-friendly tools for patient use. Prior to implementation of this rule, hospitals were only required to publish their gross, undiscounted charges for services, which are rarely what patients or insurers actually pay."

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