Senators to examine hospital price transparency legislation

(The Center Square) – A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is set to examine a bill next week to require hospitals and insurance companies to display prices for provided services.

Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, and John Hickenlooper, D-Co., introduced the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act in July 2025, requiring hospitals to publicly report negotiated rates, costs and cash prices for ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers and clinical labs.

Members on the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will meet to markup the bill on Wednesday. Marshall estimated the bill would reduce healthcare costs for families by $1,000 per month when it is signed into law.

“When this bill is signed into law, there will be total transparency of healthcare bills ,which is going to drive competition, which is going to bring the cost of healthcare down,” Marshall told The Center Square on a press call.