Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§300gg–114 Maintenance of Price Comparison Tool
Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XXV — REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE › Part D — Additional Coverage Provisions › § 300gg–114
Summary
Group health plans and insurance companies must offer price help by phone and put a price comparison tool on their website. When possible, the tool must let someone in the plan, for that plan year and area, compare what they'd owe for a specific service from providers that work with the plan.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §300gg–114
The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual 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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
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.
Reference
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 300gg–114
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102