Are health systems getting better (or worse) at price transparency?
Data company Turquoise Health tried to answer that question in its second Price Transparency Impact Report released April 18. The study analyzed more than 5,300 hospitals that have posted pricing data.
Six months after Turquoise Health's first report, fewer health systems got an average transparency score of 5 (the highest possible), while fewer also landed in the bottom of the rankings.
These health systems earned a score of 5, according to data shared with Becker's:
Allegheny Health Network (Pittsburgh)
Allina Health System (Minneapolis)
Appalachian Regional Healthcare (Lexington, Ky.)
Aspirus (Wausau, Wis.)
Atrium Health Navicent (Macon, Ga.)
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.)
Baylor Scott and White Health (Dallas)
Beaumont Health (Southfield, Mich.)
Bon Secours Mercy Health (Cincinnati)
Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.)
Catholic Health Initiatives (Englewood, Colo.)
CentraCare Health System (St. Cloud, Minn.)
CHI Health (Omaha, Neb.)
CHI Saint Joseph Health (Lexington, Ky.)
CHI St. Luke's Health (Houston)
Christus Health (Irving, Texas)
Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.)
Dignity Health (San Francisco)
Erlanger Health System (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Essentia Health (Duluth, Minn.)
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (Baton Rouge, La.)
Geisinger (Danville, Pa.)
Greenville (S.C.) Health System
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare
Henry Ford Health System (Detroit)
HonorHealth (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Hospital Sisters Health System (Springfield, Ill.)
Indiana University Health (Indianapolis)
Intermountain Health (Salt Lake City)
Lehigh Valley Health Network (Allentown, Pa.)
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
Memorial Hermann Health System (Houston)
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (Memphis, Tenn.)
MidMichigan Health (Midland, Mich.)
Mount Sinai Health System (New York City)
MultiCare Health System (Tacoma, Wash.)
NYC Health + Hospitals (New York City)
NewYork-Presbyterian (New York City)
Northwestern Medicine (Chicago)
Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Presbyterian Healthcare Services (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Prime Healthcare Services (Ontario, Calif.)
Saint Luke's Health System (Kansas City, Mo.)
SCL Health (Broomfield, Colo.)
Sharp Healthcare (San Diego)
Sparrow Health System (Lansing, Mich.)
Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
St. Luke's University Health Network (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Steward Health Care System (Dallas)
Tennova Healthcare (Clarksville, Tenn.)
Texas Health Resources (Arlington, Texas)
University of Kansas Health System (Kansas City, Kan.)
University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia)
University of Vermont Health Network (Burlington)
UPMC (Pittsburgh)
Vidant Health (Greenville, N.C.)
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (Seattle)
West Tennessee Healthcare (Jackson)
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health