LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The federal government is warning dozens of hospitals across Kentucky and Indiana to improve how they display medical care costs to patients or risk facing hefty fines.
President Donald Trump’s administration recently sent warning letters to more than 500 hospitals nationwide over concerns about compliance with federal price transparency rules.
Among them are 42 hospitals in Kentucky and Indiana, including one in Louisville. The letters cited 34 Indiana hospitals and eight Kentucky hospitals for how they display their pricing information online.
he impacted hospitals in Kentucky include:
- UofL Health Jewish Hospital
- Cumberland Hall Hospital
- Eastern State Hospital
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital Of Lakeview
- Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center
- Marshall County Hospital
- Pikeville Medical Center
- Sun Behavioral Health
The impacted hospitals in Indiana include:
- Ascension Saint Vincent Women’s Hospital
- Ascension St Vincent Heart Center
- Ascension St Vincent Randolph Hospital
- Ascension St. Vincent Clay
- Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
- Ascension St. Vincent Salem
- Bloomington Meadows Hospital
- Brightwell Behavioral Health
- Community Fairbanks Recovery Center
- Community Hospital East
- Community Hospital North
- Community Hospital Of Anderson And Madison County
- Community Howard Regional Health Inc
- Danville Hospital (Main Campus)
- Doctors Neuropsychiatric Hospital
- Goshen General Hospital
- Greene County General Hospital
- Harsha Behavioral Center Inc
- Marion General Hospital
- Memorial Hospital of South Bend
- Michiana Behavioral Health Center
- Oaklawn Psychiatric Center Inc
- Orthoindy Hospital
- Perry County Memorial Hospital
- St Vincent Carmel Hospital Inc
- St Vincent Fishers Hospital Inc
- St Vincent Hospital
- St Vincent Mercy Hospital
- St Vincent Warrick Hospital Inc
- St Vincent Williamsport Hospital Inc
- St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital
- Unity Physicians Hospital
- Valle Vista Health System
- Wellstone Regional Hospital
Federal rules require hospitals to post prices for services and provide tools that let patients compare costs before receiving care.
Federal officials said the goal is to make pricing easier for patients to understand so they can shop around and avoid surprise bills.
However, some health systems said their issues are largely technical and don’t mean pricing information isn’t available.
Ascension, which operates hospitals in both Kentucky and Indiana, said some of its facilities were flagged for what it described as a “minor technical error” and said it remains committed to providing patients with “the information they need to make informed decisions.” Hospitals that don’t fix the problems could face fines of up to $2 million per year.
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