Homepage has a link labelled Price Transparency

§180.50(d)(6)(ii)

What it checks

The hospital's homepage has a link labelled "Price Transparency".

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

How hospitals did

Passed 80%Failed 1%Couldn't determine 19%

Results as of Oct 5, 2026. The most common reasons are on the Publication and accessibility page.

How Care Carta decides

The homepage HTML, as served without running its scripts, has a link whose label reads "Price Transparency". The exact label is required, as the regulation names it; a failure names the nearest label used. Fails only when the HTML has a Price Transparency-like link under another label. Indeterminate (NEEDS_HUMAN_REVIEW) when the HTML has no such link at all, since many sites add footer links with scripts after the page loads, which CareCarta does not run (4 of 5 such homepages checked in a browser on 2026-09-30 had the link); also when the response is not HTML, has fewer than ten links, or mentions Price Transparency without a readable link. Footer placement and the link's destination are not checked.

Version

Ruleset

hpt-v3, version 3

Last changed in

Ruleset 3

CMS data dictionary

3.0.0

Check ID

hpt.website.price_transparency_link@2

Replaced

hpt.mrf.discovery.footer_link

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