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Andy Larsen: Understanding health care costs — and why knowing what something costs isn’t enough

More information would help, but only 8 of 20 hospitals in Utah studied by a patient rights group were fully compliant with federal cost transparency rules.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune)  Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Feb. 7, 2023. The hospital was one of 12 of 20 studied in Utah that were noncompliant with federal health care cost transparency reporting requirements, according to PatientRightsAdvocate.org.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Feb. 7, 2023. The hospital was one of 12 of 20 studied in Utah that were noncompliant with federal health care cost transparency reporting requirements, according to PatientRightsAdvocate.org.