CMS Price Transparency rules — check your hospital price file online

Check a hospital standard-charges machine-readable file against the CMS JSON template and 45 CFR Part 180 before you publish it. Offline, line numbers, no upload. Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

{
  "hospital_name": "Riverbend Regional Medical Center",
  "last_updated_on": "2025-02-14",
  "version": "1.0",
  "hospital_location": ["Riverbend Regional Medical Center"],
  "license_information": {
    "license_number": "OH-23-0198"
  },
  "affirmation": {
    "affirmation": "To the best of its knowledge and belief, the hospital has included all applicable standard charge information, and the information encoded is true, accurate and complete as of the date indicated.",
    "confirm_affirmation": "true"
  },
  "standard_charge_information": [
    {
      "description": "CT scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast",
      "code_information": [{ "code": "74178", "type": "CHARGEMASTER" }],
      "standard_charges": [
        {
          "setting": "OP",
          "gross_charge": "3120.00",
          "payers_information": [
            {
              "payer_name": "Buckeye Health",
              "plan_name": "PPO Select",
              "standard_charge_percentage": 42.5,
              "methodology": "negotiated"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg",
      "code_information": [],
      "drug_information": { "unit": "2" },
      "standard_charges": [
        {
          "setting": "both",
          "gross_charge": 0,
          "discounted_cash": "N/A",
          "payers_information": [
            {
              "payer_name": "Buckeye Health",
              "plan_name": "PPO Select",
              "standard_charge_dollar": 27.40,
              "methodology": "fee schedule"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "Major joint replacement without major complication",
      "code_information": [{ "code": "470", "type": "MS-DRG" }],
      "standard_charges": [
        {
          "setting": "inpatient",
          "gross_charge": 58400.00,
          "discounted_cash": 29200.00,
          "payers_information": [
            {
              "payer_name": "Ohio Valley Trust",
              "plan_name": "Self-funded EPO",
              "standard_charge_dollar": "21,850.00",
              "methodology": "other"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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$29 once · one licence key per person or CI seat · A hospital price-transparency review by a revenue-integrity consultancy is commonly quoted as a five-figure engagement.

Free here: Check the open standard-charges JSON file and see every 45 CFR 180 problem with its line number. In the editor: Sweep every hospital location file in the workspace and export one dated evidence report you keep for the file — that part asks for a licence key.

Same engine as the VS Code extension, byte for byte.