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H.R. 5867 (102nd)

Consumer Hospital Price Awareness Act of 1992

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Introduced

12 August 1992

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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26 August 2025

Summary

Consumer Hospital Price Awareness Act of 1992 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require as a condition of participation in the Medicare program that hospitals disclose to patients upon their request an estimate of the costs to be incurred or a statement of the costs already incurred by the hospital in providing services to the patient.

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