"[The Executive Order] directs agencies to develop rules to require hospitals and insurers to provide information 'based on negotiated rates' to the public.... In January, new rules took effect ... that require hospitals to post online their 'list prices,' which hospitals set themselves and have little relation to actual costs or what insurers actually pay. What resulted are often confusing spreadsheets that contain thousands of a la carte charges ... that patients have to piece together ... to estimate their total bill."

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