# 116-hr-5121: Healthcare Cost Transparency Act

116-hr-5121, Healthcare Cost Transparency Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5121
- Congress: 116
- Title: Healthcare Cost Transparency Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2019-11-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Healthcare Cost Transparency Act This bill requires health insurance issuers, including those issuing plans to federal employees, to make price comparison guidance available to plan holders. Specifically, issuers must employ staff or provide an online tool to compare a plan holder's cost-sharing responsibility between in-network providers for specific items or services.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-9027: COVID–19 Long Haulers Act
- 116-hr-8999: Transparent Leadership Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8998: To designate a peak in the State of Washington as "qʷəɬtmáyqn-ʔistiqayuʔ-Mount Cleator".
- 116-hr-8967: Federal All-Payer Claims Database Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8908: Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8884: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to modify and extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.

## Sources
- [116-hr-5121 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5121)

## Related
- [116-hr-9027: COVID–19 Long Haulers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-9027)
- [116-hr-8999: Transparent Leadership Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8999)
- [116-hr-8998: To designate a peak in the State of Washington as "qʷəɬtmáyqn-ʔistiqayuʔ-Mount…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8998)
- [116-hr-8967: Federal All-Payer Claims Database Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8967)
- [116-hr-8908: Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8908)
- [116-hr-8884: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to modify and extend the Generalized System of P…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8884)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5121 (as of 2025-11-18).