title: Priceless. Healthcare consumers show little interest in chargemasters despite growing movement to mandate price disclosure.
abstract: More states are joining the trend of requiring hospitals to publicly report prices, with South Dakota becoming the latest to sign on. But are consumers taking advantage of the service or having any luck understanding the complex science of hospital billing? "I would say it's impossible," says Reece Fawley, left, adding that only a handful of people have requested a look at his hospital's chargemaster.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fong
mesh_terms: D032882:Comprehension; D003657:Decision Making; D030881:Disclosure; D017722:Hospital Charges; D007255:Information Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States