2006 Minnesota Statutes

62J.052 PROVIDER COST DISCLOSURE.
    Subdivision 1. Health care providers. (a) Each health care provider, as defined by section
62J.03, subdivision 8, except hospitals and outpatient surgical centers subject to the requirements
of section 62J.823, shall provide the following information:
(1) the average allowable payment from private third-party payers for the 50 services or
procedures most commonly performed;
(2) the average payment rates for those services and procedures for medical assistance;
(3) the average charge for those services and procedures for individuals who have no
applicable private or public coverage; and
(4) the average charge for those services and procedures, including all patients.
(b) This information shall be updated annually and be readily available at no cost to the
public on site.
    Subd. 2. Pharmacies. (a) Each pharmacy, as defined in section 151.01, subdivision 2, shall
provide the following information to a patient upon request:
(1) the pharmacy's own usual and customary price for a prescription drug;
(2) a record, including all transactions on record with the pharmacy both past and present, of
all co-payments and other cost-sharing paid to the pharmacy by the patient for up to two years; and
(3) the total amount of all co-payments and other cost-sharing paid to the pharmacy by the
patient over the previous two years.
(b) The information required under paragraph (a) must be readily available at no cost to
the patient.
History: 2005 c 147 art 11 s 2; 2006 c 255 s 21