BILLING OF UNINSURED PATIENTS.

144.589 BILLING OF UNINSURED PATIENTS. § Subdivision 1.Limits on charges. A hospital must not charge a patient whose annual household income is less than $125,000 for any uninsured service or treatment in an amount that exceeds the lowest total amount the provider would be reimbursed for that service or treatment from a nongovernmental third-party payor. The lowest total amount the provider would be reimbursed for that service or treatment from a nongovernmental third-party payor includes both the amount the provider would be reimbursed directly from the nongovernmental third-party payor and the amount the provider would be reimbursed from the insured's policyholder under any applicable co-payments, deductibles, and coinsurance. This statute supersedes the language in the Minnesota Attorney General Hospital Agreement. § Subd. 2.Enforcement. In addition to the enforcement of this section by the commissioner, the attorney general may enforce this section under section 8.31. History: 2023 c 70 art 4 s 42