MRF lists a discounted cash price for every item and service that has one

§180.50(b)(2)(ii)

What it checks

The price file lists a discounted cash price for every item and service that has one.

Checked by Care Carta. Care Carta's own check, for a requirement CMS's validator does not test.

How hospitals did

Blocked 12%Couldn't determine 1%Not assessed 88%

Results as of Oct 5, 2026. The most common reasons are on the Standard charges page.

How Care Carta decides

Never decided (NEEDS_OUTSIDE_EVIDENCE, shown as Not assessed): the file alone cannot show that every item with a cash price is listed. A file with no cash prices is not failed, since a hospital with no cash discount may have none.

Scope: CMS validates encoded values but does not conclusively establish that all applicable discounted cash prices were included.

Depends on: CareCarta parsed the whole MRF

Version

Ruleset

hpt-v3, version 3

Last changed in

Ruleset 2

CMS data dictionary

3.0.0

Check ID

hpt.mrf.cash_prices_complete@1

Replaced

hpt.mrf.charges.discounted_cash_completeness

Today's results all use this ruleset. A check never changes without a new ruleset. Full catalog (JSON)