PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) released a new Interim Semi-Annual Report exposing hospitals that are leaving consumers without the fairness and financial certainty real prices provide.

Despite federal transparency rules that took effect four and a half years ago and polling showing that 9-in-10 Americans support price transparency, many hospitals have stopped publishing actual prices in dollars and cents and instead posted estimates, percents, and algorithms, which are uninterpretable by everyday consumers.

PRA submitted a comment letter to CMS in response to its proposed 2026 OPPS rule, offering specific recommendations to enhance the Hospital Price Transparency Rule to make it more useful for American healthcare consumers. 

Today, PatientRightsAdvocate.org released the following statement applauding Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt for signing S.B. 889 into law.

In a powerful written testimony submitted to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) urged the immediate passage of the bipartisan Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S.2355). 

Today, PatientRightsAdvocate.org applauded U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Roger Marshall (R-KS)’s letter to the Trump Administration on the No Surprises Act and an Advanced Explanation of Benefits (AEOB).

PatientRightsAdvocate.org and several tech companies submitted their recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to the Request for Information on the accuracy and completeness of Hospital Price Transparency data.

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) applauded the introduction of the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act to codify federal hospital and insurer price transparency rules. The bill was introduced by Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), a member of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO), HELP Committee Ranking Member.

PRA led a group of tech firms and healthcare price transparency advocates to send a strong message to federal health officials: It's time to finally implement full prescription drug price transparency.

Today, PatientRightsAdvocate.org released a statement applauding Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo for signing A.B. 343 into law. 

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) applauded Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier for formally opening an investigation into the deceptive and predatory practices of Florida hospitals flouting state law and federal price transparency rules.

Today, PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) released a joint report with George Washington University (GWU) and Stanford University School of Medicine (Stanford) detailing how nonprofit health system UCHealth brought more than 15,700 lawsuits against Colorado patients from 2019 through 2023 for medical debt. Patients who were sued reported not having easy access to prices, blocking them from verifying the accuracy of hospital charges.

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) is urging Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo to sign A.B. 343, major legislation to deliver hospital price transparency to Nevadans that was passed out of the Nevada Legislature earlier this week. If enacted, the bill would require Nevada hospitals to post all actual prices of available services online, so patients can see upfront prices before care, as well as provide tools for patients to seek recourse when they have been overcharged. It would codify the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule first enacted in January 2021 under President Donald J. Trump and since expanded in February 2025.

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) released a new poll conducted by Echelon Insights finding that the overwhelming majority of Americans support real, upfront prices in healthcare. 96% agree that Americans “deserve to know the price of their healthcare before they receive it.”

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) applauded today’s bipartisan passage by the Oklahoma Legislature of major legislation to deliver hospital price transparency for Oklahomans and urged Governor Kevin Stitt to sign the bill without delay. If enacted, Senate Bill 889 would require Oklahoma hospitals to post the exact prices of available services online for upfront public viewing, with mechanisms included for state enforcement and patient protection.

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) announced the New York City Hospital Price Finder Tool, empowering all who are treated in New York City hospitals with free access to all available prices so they can compare, prevent overcharges, and have recourse for surprise bills. Patients, employers, unions, and researchers in New York City are now able to search all posted prices by hospital, procedure, plan, and code at NYCHospitalPrices.org.

Today, PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) applauded the bipartisan passage of Senate Bill 889 by the Oklahoma House of Representatives (51-38). The bill was previously passed unanimously on March 24, 2025, by the Oklahoma Senate, where it will soon be returned for a final vote of concurrence. 

Today, Cynthia Fisher, Founder and Chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, released the following statement applauding President Trump’s Drug Prices Executive Order.

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) released the following statement regarding the implementation of Ohio’s new hospital price transparency law, which was signed by Governor Mike DeWine on January 2, 2025: 

Cynthia A. Fisher, founder and chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, released a statement on the executive order signed by President Donald J. Trump regarding healthcare price transparency.

Cynthia Fisher, Founder and Chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, released a statement following reports of NYU Langone spending millions on marketing.