Despite the implementation of a price transparency mandate by CMS, published results showed most hospitals either did not provide total joint arthroplasty price estimates or were noncompliant when presenting related information.
Using the CMS Hospital Compare database, Atul F. Kamath, MD, and colleagues searched the websites of a random sample of 400 facilities stratified across practice setting, hospital size, TJA volume, type, ownership and Census region for a machine-readable file providing gross charges, payer-specific negotiated charges, de-identified minimum negotiated charges,