Item and service information
§180.50(b)(2)(iii). Each item or service in the price file needs a description, whether it is provided as an inpatient or outpatient, and, for drugs, the unit and type of measurement.
Results as of Oct 5, 2026
How 5,876 hospitals did
Results by check
MRF correctly encodes each item or service description
Most common reasons it failed
| Reason | Hospitals |
|---|---|
| A value is required for "description". You must encode the missing information. | 2 |
Why it couldn't be determined (never counted against the hospital)
| Reason | Hospitals |
|---|---|
| The file exceeded a size or time limit CareCarta sets. | 17 |
| CareCarta could not download the source on this attempt. A refusal, a web page in place of the file, or a server error counts against the hospital only if it happens again on a later day. | 16 |
| The CMS validator reported problems CareCarta could not attribute to a specific check, so this one is not called clear. | 13 |
| A checking tool stopped unexpectedly. | 6 |
MRF correctly encodes the inpatient or outpatient setting
Most common reasons it failed
| Reason | Hospitals |
|---|---|
| "setting" value "Service is not provided" is not one of the allowed valid values. You must encode one of these valid values: inpatient, outpatient, both. | 3 |
| "setting" value (value) is not one of the allowed valid values. | 1 |
| must be equal to one of the allowed values. | 1 |
Why it couldn't be determined (never counted against the hospital)
| Reason | Hospitals |
|---|---|
| The file exceeded a size or time limit CareCarta sets. | 17 |
| CareCarta could not download the source on this attempt. A refusal, a web page in place of the file, or a server error counts against the hospital only if it happens again on a later day. | 16 |
| The CMS validator reported problems CareCarta could not attribute to a specific check, so this one is not called clear. | 11 |
| A checking tool stopped unexpectedly. | 6 |
MRF correctly encodes drug units and measurement type
Most common reasons it failed
| Reason | Hospitals |
|---|---|
| must be number (reported N times). | 2 |
| "drug_type_of_measurement" value "tablet" is not one of the allowed valid values. | 1 |
| must be number. | 1 |
Why it couldn't be determined (never counted against the hospital)
| Reason | Hospitals |
|---|---|
| The file exceeded a size or time limit CareCarta sets. | 17 |
| CareCarta could not download the source on this attempt. A refusal, a web page in place of the file, or a server error counts against the hospital only if it happens again on a later day. | 16 |
| A checking tool stopped unexpectedly. | 6 |
| CareCarta could not tell whether this requirement applies to this file. | 3 |
| The CMS validator reported problems CareCarta could not attribute to a specific check, so this one is not called clear. | 2 |
Hospitals that failed this section (11)
| Hospital | Location | Failed |
|---|---|---|
| Candler Hospital | Savannah, GA | Drug units |
| Goodall Witcher Hospital | Clifton, TX | Description |
| Hospital San Carlos Borromeo | Moca, PR | Setting |
| Klickitat Valley Hospital | Goldendale, WA | Drug units |
| Pagosa Springs Medical Center | Pagosa Springs, CO | Description |
| Silver Lake Hospital LTACH | Newark, NJ | Drug units |
| Stones Crossing Imaging Center | Greenwood, IN | Setting |
| Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center | Show Low, AZ | Drug units |
| The Emily Program Atlanta | Dunwoody, GA | Setting |
| The Emily Program Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | Setting |
| The Emily Program Rtp Durham | Durham, NC | Setting |
Reasons are each hospital's own explanation with the numbers and file-specific values replaced by N, (value) and (address), so failures of the same kind are counted together. See what the results mean.