U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Status: In committee, July 27, 2026
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency.
What the bill says
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency.
From the introduced text, July 27, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act . SECTION 2. Strengthening hospital price transparency requirements (a) In general Section 2718(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg-18(e) ) is amended to read as follows: (e) Standard hospital charges (1) In general (A) Disclosure of standard charges Each hospital shall, in accordance with a method and format established by the Secretary under subparagraph (C), on a monthly basis compile and make public (without subscription and free of charge)-- (i) all of the hospital's standard charges (including the information described in subparagraph (B)) for each item and service furnished by such hospital; and (ii) hospital standard charge information, including the information described in subparagraph (B), in a consumer-friendly format (as specified by the Secretary), that includes-- (I) as many of the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services-specified shoppable services that are furnished by the hospital, and as many additional hospital-selected shoppable services (or all such additional services, if such hospital furnishes fewer than 300 shoppable services) as may be necessary for a combined total of at least 300 shoppable services through December 31, 2026, after which the hospital's prices shall include all shoppable services; …
Sponsors
- Marshall, Roger (R) · primary sponsor
- Hickenlooper, John (D)
- Grassley, Chuck (R, SD-IA)
- Margaret Hassan (D, SD-NH)
- Sheehy, Tim (R)
- Ernst, Joni (R)
- Baldwin, Tammy (D)
- Moreno, Bernie (R)
- Scott, Rick (R)
- Kim, Andy (D)
- Husted, Jon (R)
- Lisa Rochester (D, SD-DE)
Latest actions
- : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 522.
- : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Health information and medical records, Health care coverage and access, Photography and imaging, Hospital care, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Civil actions and liability, Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation, Internet, web applications, social media
Common questions
- What is SB2355?
- SB2355 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Patients Deserve Price Tags Act.
- What does SB2355 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency.
- What is the status of SB2355?
- In committee as of July 27, 2026. Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 522. (July 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB2355?
- Marshall, Roger (R), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB2355?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2355
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