The Trump administration notified more than 500 hospitals that they must publicly post their prices as required by federal regulations or face fines that could reach $2 million per year, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy announced June 9.
The move is part of an accelerated price-transparency effort initiated by President Donald Trump through an executive order in 2025.
Hospitals say they’re working to comply with federal regulations. And some states have their own transparency laws, some stricter than the federal version.
The first Trump administration introduced a rule requiring hospitals to post prices for in-network and out-of-network patients on their websites. That rule took effect in 2021. …