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CMS list · July 2026 · 13,355 actions

Hospital price-transparency enforcement

Since January 2021 federal rules (45 CFR part 180) require every hospital to post its standard charges online — a machine-readable file of all items and services and a consumer-friendly list of shoppable services. CMS enforces the rule in steps, and publishes every step. Its list holds 13,355 actions: 3,646 warning notices, 2,107 requests for a corrective action plan and 29 civil monetary penalty notices.

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  1. 1Enforcement actions 13,355
  2. 2Warning notices 3,646
  3. 3Civil penalty notices 29
  4. 4Matched to a hospital page 5,003
Warning Notice3,646CAP Request2,107CMP Notice29Closure Notice3,869Met Requirements3,620Administrative Closure84
CMS hospital price-transparency enforcement actions by type, January 2021 – July 2026, bars to scale. Source: CMS list, July 2026.

How enforcement works

  1. Warning notice. After a complaint or its own review, CMS tells a hospital what is missing from its posted charges.
  2. Corrective action plan. If the problems are not fixed, CMS requests a plan with a deadline.
  3. Civil monetary penalty. A hospital that does not submit or follow its plan can be fined; penalties scale with bed count (45 CFR 180.90).
  4. Closure. When the hospital comes into compliance CMS closes the case — recorded as "Met Requirements" or a closure notice.

Most cases end at the first or second step. The list shows actions, not outcomes for patients, and a warning is not a finding of wrongdoing.

Civil monetary penalty notices

HospitalCityDate
Pinnacle HospitalCrown Point, IN2026-06-03
Pinnacle HospitalCrown Point, IN2026-02-04
Arkansas Methodist Medical CenterParagould, AR2025-05-13
Community Care HospitalNew Orleans, LA2025-05-13
Northlake Behavioral Health SystemMandeville, LA2025-03-17
Hill Hospital of Sumter CountyYork, AL2025-02-27
Bucktail Medical CenterRenovo, PA2025-02-27
Lawrence Rehabilitation HospitalLawrenceville, NJ2025-02-24
CCM HealthMontevideo, MN2025-02-11
D. W. Mcmillan Memorial HospitalBrewton, AL2025-02-11
Southeast Regional Medical CenterKentwood, LA2025-02-11
First Surgical HospitalBellaire, TX2025-01-16
Baytown Medical CenterBaytown, TX2024-12-19
West Chase Houston HospitalHouston, TX2024-12-19
Jackson Memorial HospitalMiami, FL2024-07-03
West Covina Medical CenterWest Covina, CA2023-09-27
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD2023-09-05
UF Health NorthJacksonville, FL2023-08-23
Betsy Johnson HospitalDunn, NC2023-08-23
Hospital General CastañerLares, PR2023-08-22
Doctors' Center Hospital BayamónBayamon, PR2023-08-22
Samaritan Hospital - Albany Memorial CampusAlbany, NY2023-08-22
Community First Medical CenterChicago, IL2023-07-24
Fulton County HospitalSalem, AR2023-07-20
Falls Community Hospital & ClinicMarlin, TX2023-07-20
Kell West Regional HospitalWichita Falls, TX2023-04-19
HCA Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester, NH2023-04-19
Northside Hospital AtlantaAtlanta, GA2022-06-07
Northside Hospital - CherokeeCanton, GA2022-06-07

By state

Texas 1,350California 1,127Florida 765Louisiana 503Ohio 478Pennsylvania 474New York 427Illinois 414Michigan 391Indiana 362Georgia 337North Carolina 330Tennessee 316Kansas 300Missouri 295Arizona 280Alabama 278New Jersey 271Iowa 262Arkansas 254Oklahoma 247Massachusetts 246Minnesota 239Kentucky 228Nevada 226Colorado 222Mississippi 213Wisconsin 211Virginia 204Washington 196South Carolina 175Nebraska 143Montana 130South Dakota 112Utah 109Idaho 107Oregon 107West Virginia 106New Mexico 104New Hampshire 97Maryland 83North Dakota 81Connecticut 80Wyoming 67Delaware 64Maine 57Alaska 53District of Columbia 48Vermont 45Hawaii 38Rhode Island 32

Source: CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Hospital pages show actions only where name, city and state match exactly. Checked 2026-10-24.