CMS price transparency rules are detailed and change often. LanshHealth automatically audits your machine-readable file and shoppable services display — so your team always knows exactly where you stand.
6 checks
per audit
300+
shoppable services
Always current
CMS spec
Expert-verified
final report
Process
Paste the public URL of your machine-readable file. We support JSON, CSV, and the CMS-defined schema formats.
Our system parses your file against the current CMS Technical Implementation Guide and checks all required fields, payer entries, and service lines.
Receive a detailed report highlighting any deficiencies, their regulatory basis, and prioritised steps to resolve them. Every report is reviewed and signed off by a certified healthcare compliance expert before delivery.
Provider Pricing
One-Time Audit
Custom pricing based on your facility
A full point-in-time compliance report. Ideal for an initial gap assessment or pre-audit preparation.
Ongoing Monitoring
Custom pricing based on your facility
Continuous monitoring with alerts when your file goes stale, fails a check, or CMS updates its requirements.
Compliance Audit
Every audit covers the six areas CMS focuses on when reviewing hospital compliance — and is reviewed by a certified healthcare compliance expert before the final report is delivered.
CMS requires hospitals to publish a machine-readable file (MRF) containing all standard charges — including gross charges, discounted cash prices, payer-specific negotiated rates, and de-identified min/max rates. We validate your MRF against the current CMS schema and flag any missing fields, malformed entries, or outdated formats.
Every item and service provided by your facility must appear in your MRF with all required charge types. We cross-reference your published data against your chargemaster to identify gaps — missing payer names, omitted procedure codes, or incomplete rate entries that could trigger a deficiency notice.
CMS mandates a consumer-friendly display of at least 300 shoppable services on your public website. We check that all 70 CMS-specified services are present, that your remaining 230+ services are listed, and that the display is accessible without a login or payment.
Your MRF must be freely accessible — no login walls, CAPTCHA gates, or download barriers. We verify that your file is reachable via a standard web request, that it is linked from your hospital homepage, and that it meets the CMS file-naming convention requirements.
Files must be updated at least once per calendar year and include a timestamp of the last update. We monitor your published file date and alert you when your update window is approaching or has lapsed, so you are never caught with stale data during an audit.
We score your overall compliance posture and flag which deficiencies carry the highest penalty risk. CMS can issue civil monetary penalties of up to $300 per day per hospital for non-compliance — and can publicise non-compliant facilities on the CMS website, compounding reputational risk.
FAQs
The rule applies to all hospitals operating in the United States, defined as any institution that provides inpatient and outpatient services. This includes general acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, children's hospitals, and specialty hospitals.
CMS can impose civil monetary penalties (CMPs) of up to $300 per day for hospitals with 30 or fewer beds, and up to $10 per bed per day (capped at $5,500 per day) for larger hospitals. CMS also publishes a list of non-compliant hospitals on its website.
At minimum once per calendar year, and within 90 days of any change to your standard charges. The file must include a "last updated" timestamp in a CMS-specified format.
The current hospital price transparency rule covers hospitals specifically. Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) and physician practices are subject to separate CMS requirements, but the direction of travel is toward broader transparency mandates across all facility types.
Yes. Every report goes through a two-stage process — automated checks run first, then a certified healthcare compliance expert reviews the findings before the report is delivered to you. This ensures that edge cases, ambiguous findings, and recently updated CMS guidance are interpreted correctly and not just flagged by an algorithm.
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