On Your Side: New report finds only 22% of Missouri hospitals complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule [Video]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – You go to the grocery store, items have price tags. At the pump, you know how much a gallon of gas will cost. But when you go to the hospital, a new report shows, despite the federal price transparency law, it can still be difficult to know how much that visit will cost.

The report by Patient Rights Advocate.org found just 22% of hospitals in Missouri are fully complying with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.

36-year-old Arianna Russell just found out she has stage three breast cancer.

“I’m okay. I have my moments. Four months of chemo, double mastectomy to remove both breasts, followed by seven weeks of radiation,” said Russell.

She was diagnosed a few weeks ago and has not received one bill yet, But she knows she can get an idea on hospital websites.

Mercy Cost Estimates

CoxHealth Cost Estimates

The new report, by Patient Rights Advocate.org found Coxhealth compliant. Mercy, at the …