CMS HPT COMPLIANCE

Get hospital price transparency compliance under control.

Meet CMS requirements, maintain a defensible compliance record, and avoid regulatory, financial, and reputational risk—without adding another internal burden.

6,500+
hospital MRFs reviewed weekly
50 states
national hospital coverage
Row-by-row
file issue identification
Same-day
HPT compliance reports

Pricing

Choose your hospital compliance path

Start with a same-day compliance report, a CMS-compliant MRF package, or a managed compliance relationship.

Fastest Start

Compliance Report

See the gaps, quantify the exposure, and get a CAP-ready corrective action plan your team can use immediately.

$1,500one-time
Delivery: Same business day
  • Estimated CMS penalty exposure
  • Key MRF deficiencies
  • Prioritized remediation checklist
  • Executive-ready PDF
Buy report

One-time fee.

Best for Remediation

CMS-Compliant MRF Package

Get a publication-ready MRF built around CMS requirements.

$15,000one-time
Delivery: Within 14 days
  • Everything in Compliance Report
  • CMS-compliant MRF package
  • CMS v3.0 field remediation
  • Shoppable services completeness review
  • Publication-ready file support
Best Value

Managed Compliance + Revenue Opportunities

Outsource HPT compliance, maintain a defensible compliance record, protect community trust, and turn usable pricing data into payer-rate and cash-pay revenue opportunities.

$40,000/year
Initial compliance: Within 14 days
  • Compliant, maintained CMS-ready MRF
  • Continuous monitoring for rule changes and file drift
  • Documented assumptions, approvals, and remediation history
  • CMS inquiry and corrective-action support
  • Guaranteed CMS penalty protection
  • Pricing and revenue intelligence
Start full-service plan

Billed annually. 30-day risk-free.

Every dollar spent on a Compliance Report or CMS-Compliant MRF Package is credited toward Managed Compliance if you upgrade within 60 days.

Safe to buy. Easy to approve.

Designed for hospital buyers who need a fast, low-friction path to compliance support.

No PHI required
No EHR integration
No IT implementation project
Card, ACH, or invoice accepted
Priced per hospital / CCN
System pricing available

Need a PO or invoice? Request invoice.

The CFO math

Run the penalty math.

Enter your hospital's staffed bed count to estimate daily, monthly, and annual CMS price transparency penalty exposure — then compare that exposure to Transparent Health's flat-rate plans.

Estimate your CMS penalty exposure

Daily exposure$1,650
Monthly exposure$49,500
Annual exposure$602,250

CMP estimate: $300/day minimum, about $11/bed/day for 31–550 beds, capped for larger hospitals. Directional only; actual CMS exposure may vary. Source: CMS HPT FAQs

Transparent Health as a fraction of exposure

Compliance Report

$1,500 one-time

0.2%

of annual exposure

CMS-Compliant MRF Package

$15,000 one-time

2.5%

of annual exposure

Managed Compliance + Revenue Opportunities

$40,000 /year

6.6%

of annual exposure

How it works

Five steps from request to ongoing compliance.

See plans
01

Request your report

Tell us about your hospital and we'll review your current file.

02

Review your compliance gaps

We deliver a clear report of exactly what needs to be addressed.

03

Start remediation

Our team closes every gap and produces a corrected, validated file.

04

Publish a CMS-ready footer link

Drop the compliant file link into your website footer.

05

Stay compliant with ongoing monitoring

We watch for drift, breakage, and new CMS guidance.

Why hospitals say yes

Compliance without adding another internal burden.

Price transparency is no longer a once-a-year file exercise. It requires recurring monitoring, documented review, rapid remediation, and the ability to respond confidently when CMS, leadership, or the public asks questions. Transparent Health becomes the outsourced operating capability behind that process.

  • Avoid CMS penalty exposure
  • Stay ready as rules and enforcement evolve
  • Maintain a defensible compliance record
  • Avoid another internal operational burden
  • Protect community trust and reputation
  • Turn cleaner pricing data into revenue opportunities

What we fix

We know exactly where the file breaks.

These are the most common deficiencies we find and remediate across hospital MRF files.

Missing or not-countable CMS shoppable services
Fewer than 300 countable shoppable service rows
Billing code identity issues
Missing or invalid attester metadata
Missing Type 2 NPI metadata
CMS v3.0 data dictionary gaps
Filename format issues
Drug-code measurement gaps
Missing standard-charge fields
Data completeness and validation issues

Beyond compliance

Turn your compliant MRF into pricing and revenue intelligence.

Payer-rate upside analysis

Identify where peer hospitals earn higher rates from the same health plans—and quantify the revenue opportunity.

Cash-pay front door

Help patients compare, choose, and pay in advance—capturing revenue that may otherwise become bad debt or charity care.

Market pricing intelligence

See where your prices sit across the market and where you may be underpriced, overpriced, or out of position.

Bundled service pricing

Create simple, competitive cash-pay packages for high-volume services that are easier to market, sell, and collect.

S-12 reporting support

Turn clean MRF data into reliable Medicare Advantage and MS-DRG reporting inputs—reducing manual work and reporting risk.

Public transparency and community benefit

Build patient trust through clearer pricing while supporting consumer education and the hospital's community-benefit narrative.

Who it's built for

Built for hospitals and regional systems that want a partner, not another project.

Independent hospitals
Regional systems
Rural and community hospitals
Hospitals without large internal price transparency infrastructure
CFOs who want the issue off their plate
Not-for-profit systems strengthening community benefit

Team

Built by founders focused on making healthcare prices usable

Transparent Health brings together experience across healthcare policy, compliance, AI, product, and company building.

Steward Johnson

Steward Johnson

CEO

10+ years building, investing in, and operating healthtech companies

Emily Evans

Emily Evans

Chief Strategy Officer

National expert in healthcare policy and price transparency compliance

Brad Musick

Brad Musick

Chief Technology Officer

10+ years leading AI product and ops; multiple patents; Vanderbilt MBA

Buyer FAQ

Common hospital buyer questions

Ready to know where your hospital stands?

Start with a compliance report, remediate your MRF, or choose a managed compliance relationship.