§1185h — Title 29 Labor | U.S. Code

§1185h Maintenance of Price Comparison Tool

Title 29 › Chapter 18— EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM › Subchapter I— PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RIGHTS › Subtitle Subtitle B— Regulatory Provisions › Part 7— group health plan requirements › Subpart B— Other Requirements › § 1185h

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Group health plans and insurers that offer group coverage must give price-comparison help by phone and put a price-comparison tool on their website. The tool should, as much as possible, let someone enrolled in the plan compare how much they would have to pay (their cost-sharing) for a specific item or service from participating providers in their area for that plan year.

Title 29, §1185h

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A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage shall offer price comparison guidance by telephone and make available on the Internet website of the plan or issuer a price comparison tool that (to the extent practicable) allows an individual enrolled under such plan or coverage, with respect to such plan year, such geographic region, and participating providers with respect to such plan or coverage, to compare the amount of cost-sharing that the individual would be responsible for paying under such plan or coverage with respect to the furnishing of a specific item or service by any such provider.

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Section applicable with respect to plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2022, see section 114(d) of div. BB of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 9819 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

§1185h Maintenance of Price Comparison Tool

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Title 29, §1185h

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