NEW report that shows 36 Missouri hospitals NOT complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule

Key findings of the overall report:

• Just 6 of 42 hospitals reviewed were complying with the rule (14%)
• Nationally, only 489 (24.5%) were fully complying with the rule.
• 116 hospitals (5.8%) did not post any standard charges file and were in total noncompliance. 
• Compliance varied widely among the largest hospital systems in the country:
• None (0%) of the hospitals reviewed, which were owned by HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare, Christus Health, Providence, Bon Secours Mercy Health, UPMC, Mercy Health, UnityPoint Health, and Avera Health were found to be compliant.
• 58% of hospitals reviewed that are owned by CommonSpirit Health and 73% of hospitals reviewed that are owned by LifePoint Health were found to be complying. 

The hospitals in Missouri that ARE fully complying:

• Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Missouri Baptist Medical Center
• Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph Medical Center
• Saint Joseph Medical Center
• Saint Louis Children's Hospital
• Saint Mary's Medical Center

 The hospitals in Missouri that are NOT complying:

• Belton Regional Medical Center
• Boone Hospital Center
• Centerpoint Medical Center
• Children's Mercy Adele Hall Campus
• Cox North Hospital
• Freeman Hospital West
• Lafayette Regional Health Center
• Lee's Summit Medical Center
• Mercy Hospital Aurora
• Mercy Hospital Carthage
• Mercy Hospital Cassville
• Mercy Hospital Jefferson
• Mercy Hospital Joplin
• Mercy Hospital Lebanon
• Mercy Hospital Lincoln
• Mercy Hospital Saint Louis
• Mercy Hospital South
• Mercy Hospital Springfield
• Mercy Hospital Washington
• Moberly Regional Medical Center
• North Kansas City Hospital
• Northeast Regional Medical Center
• Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center - Oak Grove
• Research Medical Center
• Saint Francis Medical Center
• Saint Luke's Hospital
• Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
• SSM Health Saint Clare Hospital - Fenton
• SSM Health Saint Joseph Hospital-Saint Charles
• SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
• SSM Health Saint Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
• SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
• SSM Health Saint Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
• SSM Health Saint Mary's Hospital - Saint Louis
• University Health Lakewood Medical Center
• University Hospital

PRA’s previous reports have received significant attention – including NBC Nightly News, ABC News, NPR, Washington Post, and Bloomberg – yet the American people are continuing to suffer as hospitals put profits over patients.

Cynthia Fisher, Founder and Chairman of PRA, has been the leading advocate for increased price transparency in healthcare and voice for patients across the country who suffer from medical debt due to the lack of transparency. 

Fisher said the following:

“Hospitals are required by law to clearly show all of their actual upfront prices. The only way to lower the cost of healthcare is to empower all consumers, unions, and workers who purchase plans to have the information needed to shop for care and coverage. Real prices protect consumers and let them fight overcharges and have recourse against errors, upcoding, and fraud.

Systemwide Healthcare Price Transparency has the power to truly transform our healthcare system, but only if the rule is enforced and if hospitals comply. Price discovery makes hospitals and insurance carriers compete on prices, quality, and outcome metrics, and ultimately lowers the costs of care and coverage.”

Please let me know if I can connect you with Cynthia Fisher to discuss the findings of this new report and how hospitals in Missouri are complying/not complying with this rule.