7 AAC 86.020 - Posting the price for health care services

(a) A health care provider or health care facility that uses the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). codes in its normal course of business must post, as required under AS 18.23.400, the price list for the health care services most commonly performed.

(b) When providing or posting price lists as required under AS 18.23.400(e)(1) and (2), the health care provider or health facility must include the American Medical Association's copyright notice and disclaimer, using the following language: "CPT® Copyright 2020 [or insert applicable year]. American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The CPT codes are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The AMA specifically disclaims all liability for use or accuracy of any CPT codes."

(c) A health care provider or health care facility must

(1) post the applicable health care services price list in a conspicuous space where a patient checks in and waits to see a health care provider;

(2) post the required price information on or before January 31 following the calendar year for which the health care price data was collected; and

(3) update the posting every year.

(d) A health care provider or health care facility may post the applicable health care services price list printed on paper or an electronic screen in a font not smaller than 20 points.

(e) A satellite office of a health care provider or health care facility that has a space where patients may check in and wait must also post the price for any applicable health care services.

Notes

7 AAC 86.020

Eff. 12/20/2020, Register 236, January 2021

Authority:AS 18.05.040

AS 18.23.400