An August report from patientrightsadvocate.org found that 16 percent of 2,000 hospitals reviewed are complying with federal price transparency law that went into effect in January 2021.
Here are the states ranked by percentage of hospitals complying with the law:
1. Arizona: 34 percent
t-2. Massachusetts: 33 percent
t-2. Rhode Island: 33 percent
t-2. Utah: 33 percent
t-2. North Carolina: 33 percent
6. Illinois: 32 percent
7. Indiana: 30 percent
t-8. Kentucky: 28 percent
t-8. Nebraska: 28 percent
10. New Hampshire: 27 percent
11. West Virginia: 24 percent
t-12. Mississippi: 23 percent
t-12. North Dakota: 23 percent
t-12. Tennessee: 23 percent
15. Georgia: 22 percent
t-16. Delaware: 21 percent
t-16. Nevada: 21 percent
t-16. Wisconsin: 21 percent
t-19. Florida: 20 percent
t-19. Maryland: 20 percent
t-19. Oregon: 20 percent
t-19. Virginia: 20 percent
23. New Mexico: 19 percent
24. Maine: 18 percent
t-25. Alabama: 16 percent
t-25. Louisiana: 16 percent
t-27. Arkansas: 15 percent
t-27. New Jersey: 15 percent
t-29. California: 14 percent
t-29. Vermont: 14 percent
t-31. Idaho: 12 percent
t-31. Texas: 12 percent
t-33. Minnesota: 10 percent
t-33. Iowa: 10 percent
t-33. Washington: 10 percent
36. New York: 9 percent
t-37. Kansas: 8 percent
t-37. Ohio: 8 percent
t-37. Missouri: 8 percent
40. Pennsylvania: 7 percent
t-41. Oklahoma: 6 percent
t-41. Alaska: 6 percent
t-41. South Carolina: 6 percent
t-44. Michigan: 4 percent
t-44. Montana: 4 percent
46. Colorado: 3 percent
t-47. Connecticut: 0 percent
t-47. Hawaii: 0 percent
t-47. South Dakota: 0 percent
t-47. Wyoming: 0 percent