[justin_oaks]

This won't be effective unless the hospital is required to provide prices whenever people ask, such as requesting an estimate from your car mechanic. And not only providing the prices but being required to honor the price they give you, with some reasonable threshold of variance.

These hospitals posting their prices reminds me of this classic section of "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy":

"But the plans were on display..."

"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."

"That’s the display department."

"With a flashlight."

"Ah, well, the lights had probably gone."

"So had the stairs."

"But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?"

"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'

[nradov]

Due to the No Surprises Act, healthcare providers are now legally required to give patients a good faith cost estimate in certain circumstances.

https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers/understanding-cost...

https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises