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FOCUS ON NEW LAWS: Health Care Price Transparency

Article 2, Section 7 of the Omnibus Health and Human Services bill that passed in the 2023 Minnesota Legislative Session requires hospitals and certain medical and dental practices to post standard charges on their websites. These new requirements (Minnesota Statutes, section 62J.826) were effective for hospitals on January 1, 2024. Outpatient surgical centers must comply with the new requirements by January 1, 2025.

Standard charges are defined in statute as the regular rate for an item or service provided to a specific group of paying patients. This includes all of the following:

  • The charge for an individual item or service that is reflected on a medical or dental practice's chargemaster, absent any discounts;
  • The charge that a medical or dental practice has negotiated with a third-party payer for an item or service;
  • The lowest charge that a medical or dental practice has negotiated with all third-party payers for an item or service;
  • The highest charge that a medical or dental practice has negotiated with all third-party payers for an item or service; and
  • The charge that applies to an individual who pays cash, or cash equivalent, for an item or service.
The law requires this information to be posted in a format prescribed by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). See these resources provided by MDH:

Other Resources

Examples from hospitals that implemented these requirements in 2024:

CMS Resources: