{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"127445","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 127445","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 107. HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION [127000. - 130079.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-107"},{"name":"PART 2. HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING [127280. - 127774.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-107/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2.5. Fair Pricing Policies [127400. - 127471.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-107/part-2/chapter-2.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Hospital Fair Pricing Policies [127400. - 127446.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-107/part-2/chapter-2.5/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 755, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 2007.","effective":"2007-01-01","html":"<p>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts paid by parties for services resulting from reduced or waived charges under a hospital’s discounted payment or charity care policy shall not constitute a hospital’s uniform, published, prevailing, or customary charges, its usual fees to the general public, or its charges to non-Medi-Cal purchasers under comparable circumstances, and shall not be used to calculate a hospital’s median non-Medicare or Medi-Cal charges, for purposes of any payment limit under the federal Medicare Program, the Medi-Cal program, or any other federal or state-financed health care program.</p>","text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts paid by parties for services resulting from reduced or waived charges under a hospital’s discounted payment or charity care policy shall not constitute a hospital’s uniform, published, prevailing, or customary charges, its usual fees to the general public, or its charges to non-Medi-Cal purchasers under comparable circumstances, and shall not be used to calculate a hospital’s median non-Medicare or Medi-Cal charges, for purposes of any payment limit under the federal Medicare Program, the Medi-Cal program, or any other federal or state-financed health care program.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/hospital-fair-pricing-policies-127445","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}