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Oct 5, 2026

FTC sends warning letters to 24 healthcare organizations over price transparency failures

The Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to 24 of the nation's largest healthcare services companies, warning that incomplete or misleading pricing disclosures could violate federal law. The letters, signed by FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson, caution that hospitals must provide complete and accurate price information to patients before elective procedures or risk federal court action.

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  • ▪According to a September 2026 report from PatientRightsAdvocate.org, more than half of hospitals are still not fully compliant with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' hospital price transparency rule.
  • ▪A September 2026 report from Patient Rights Advocate found that only 18 percent of hospitals that post their fees online list exact dollars-and-cents prices for at least half of their services.
  • ▪At the urging of President Donald Trump, the CMS finalized a rule in late 2019 requiring hospitals to publicly post their standard charges.

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