CMS has published 27 price transparency fines since 2022, 10 each in 2023 and 2025
Notices in which CMS imposed a civil monetary penalty on a hospital under the price transparency rule, by year of the notice. 2026 runs through June 3. The 27 fines total $4,938,685.
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| Period | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 fines | 2 notices, $1,097,500 in all |
| 2023 | 10 fines | 10 notices, $1,621,300 in all |
| 2024 | 3 fines | 3 notices, $966,084 in all |
| 2025 | 10 fines | 10 notices, $1,161,830 in all |
| 2026 | 2 fines | 2 notices to one hospital through June 3, $91,971 in all |
About the data
- Sources
- CMS, Hospital Price Transparency enforcement actions (opens in a new tab)The list of civil monetary penalty notices and the notice each entry links (page last modified June 11, 2026)
- 45 CFR 180.90, civil monetary penalties (eCFR) (opens in a new tab)180.90(e)(2)(i), a penalty under review
- Method
- Kent Applied read every notice linked from CMS's Hospital Price Transparency enforcement actions page and recorded its date and amount. A fine here is a notice in which CMS imposes a civil monetary penalty on a hospital under the price transparency rule (45 CFR part 180). There are 27, sent to 26 hospitals: one hospital received a second notice in 2026 because, CMS said, the noncompliance cited in its first notice was ongoing. The year is the calendar year of the notice date. Amounts are in dollars as each notice states them, not adjusted for inflation. CMS's list also names two hospitals, both with 2023 dates, for which CMS posts only a notice that it resolved all disputes over the penalty, with no amount; the chart leaves them out. CMS marks three of the 27 penalties as under review, which under 45 CFR 180.90(e)(2)(i) means the hospital asked for a hearing, so those amounts could change. Warning notices and requests for corrective action plans are not fines and are not counted.
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Facts from this chart
27
notices in which CMS fined a hospital under the price transparency rule, June 7, 2022, to June 3, 2026
CMS published 27 notices fining hospitals under the hospital price transparency rule, dated June 7, 2022, to June 3, 2026, by Kent Applied's count of CMS's enforcement actions page.
Source: CMS, Hospital Price Transparency enforcement actions.
KentApplied$883,180
the largest fine in the 27 hospital price transparency penalty notices CMS has published, dated June 2022 to June 2026
Of the 27 hospital price transparency fines CMS has published, dated June 2022 to June 2026, the largest was $883,180, in a notice dated June 7, 2022.
Source: CMS, Hospital Price Transparency enforcement actions.
KentApplied
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