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Bill Ryan Interviewed for ideastream Piece on Transparent Pricing

On Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, The Center for Health Affairs' President and CEO Bill Ryan was interviewed by ideastream's Anne Glausser for a piece on transparent pricing for medical services. 

In addition to quoting Ryan, the ideastream piece, "Transparent Pricing for Medical Services Remains Murky, But Change is on the Horizon," cites information from The Center's November Issue Brief on hospital price transparency. 

Hospitals are required to have a master list of prices for their services but the thing is…no one pays these prices. What you pay depends on who your insurer is and what kind of deal they’ve negotiated with any given provider. So the list is a relic of the past, says Bill Ryan, the president and CEO of the hospital advocacy group The Center for Health Affairs. “Charges are largely fictional. And they are not very informative for the general consumer,” said Ryan.

To listen to the full ideastream piece on transparent pricing for medical services, click here.