What 15 hospitals have been fined for price transparency violations

CMS has now fined 15 hospitals for alleged price transparency violations.

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Here are the fine amounts CMS has levied against those hospitals:

  • UF Health North (Jacksonville, Fla.): $979,000
  • Northside Hospital Atlanta: $883,180
  • Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami): $871,122 
  • Community First Medical Center (Chicago): $847,740 
  • Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring, Md.): $325,710*
  • Northside Hospital Cherokee (Canton, Ga.): $214,320 
  • Kell West Regional Hospital (Wichita Falls, Texas): $117,260
  • Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, N.H.): $102,660
  • Doctors’ Center Hospital Bayamón (Puerto Rico): $102,200
  • Hospital General Castañer (Lares, Puerto Rico): $101,400*
  • Betsy Johnson Hospital (Dunn, N.C.): $99,540
  • Falls Community Hospital and Clinic (Marlin, Texas): $70,560*  
  • Fulton County Hospital (Salem, Ark.): $63,900*
  • West Covina (Calif.) Medical Center: $59,100
  • Samaritan Hospital-Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Campus: $56,940*

*Hospital appealed fine and case is under review 

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