MRF expresses each negotiated rate as a dollar amount, percentage, or algorithm

§180.50(b)(2)(ii)(C)

What it checks

Each negotiated rate is given as a dollar amount, a percentage, or a formula.

Checked by CMS's validator. Care Carta runs the official validator CMS publishes for price files and reads this result from its output.

Passed 85%Failed <1%Blocked 14%Couldn't determine 1%

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

Validator completed with no mapped any-of, required-value, or invalid-value error.

Scope: Each payer-information object must encode at least one valid rate representation.

Depends on: The CMS validator finished

Ruleset

hpt-v3, version 3

Last changed in

Ruleset 2

CMS data dictionary

3.0.0

Check ID

hpt.mrf.cms.rate_form@1

Replaced

hpt.mrf.payer.rate_representation

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