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Price transparency · November 9, 2026
Which hospitals block automated readers of their price files370 US hospitals refused our automated reader when we tried to fetch their federally required price files: 9% of the 3,905 hospitals checked so far.
Hospital finances · November 9, 2026
The hospitals that charge the most for every dollar of careThe typical US general hospital lists $4.74 for every $1 its care costs. At the top, HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital lists $22.91. See the 50 highest and every state.
Cash and insurer prices · November 9, 2026
Cash or insurance: which costs less at the hospitalWe compared hospitals' cash prices with their insurers' rates at 82 hospitals. For scans and lab tests insurers usually pay less; for hospital stays the cash price was lower 68% of the time.
Weekly price-file report · November 9, 2026
Hospital price files, week of November 9, 2026Where hospital price files stood in the week of November 9: 88 hospitals' prices read, 370 refused our reader.