S. 3548 · 118th Congress

Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act

Introduced on Dec 14, 2023 by Mike Braun (R-IN). 12 cosponsors, 7 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 14, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 14, 2023
Cosponsors
12
7 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency.

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike BraunR-INSponsor

Democrats · 7

Independents · 1

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Dec 14, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 14, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. The MetroHealth System14 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  2. AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER ASSOCIATION7 reports
    $525K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS6 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  4. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC.5 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTONAI match · 97%
  5. The Cigna Group and subsidiaries (Formerly Cigna Corporation5 reports
    $10.2M reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY4 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  7. American Clinical Laboratory Assn4 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  8. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings4 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. PatientRightsAdvocate.org Inc.4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  10. Service Employees International Union CTW-CLC4 reports
    $934.5K reported (all issues)
  11. Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association4 reports
  12. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association3 reports
    $5.1M reported (all issues)
  13. Families USA Foundation, Inc.3 reports
    $36K reported (all issues)
  14. Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company (HCSC)3 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, A MUTUAL LEGAL RESERVE COMPANY$16M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIAAI match · 100%
  16. U.S. Public Interest Research Group3 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  17. American Civil Liberties Union2 reports
    $810K reported (all issues)
  18. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  19. American Society for Nuclear Cardiology2 reports
    $45K reported (all issues)
  20. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN2 reports
    $538.2K reported (all issues)
  21. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.2 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)
  22. Government Counsel, LLC (obo) Prime Therapeutics2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  23. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS2 reports
    $332K reported (all issues)
  24. PRIME THERAPEUTICS LLC2 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  25. SUN LIFE FINANCIAL (U.S.) SERVICES COMPANY INC.2 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  26. ABIOMED INC1 report
    $170K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ABIOMED INC$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  27. AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL1 report
    $365.5K reported (all issues)
  28. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC.1 report
    $5,000 reported (all issues)
  29. Cigna Corporation1 report
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CIGNA WORLDWIDE INSURANCE BRANCH$2.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  30. Included Health (Formerly Grand Rounds Health)1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  31. Turquoise Health Co.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.