29 USC § 1185h - Maintenance of price comparison tool

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s1185h"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 1185h - Maintenance of price comparison tool"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "1185h"
section_name: "Maintenance of price comparison tool"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RIGHTS"
part_number: "7"
part_name: "group health plan requirements"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 719, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. BB, title I, § 114(c)(1), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2874.)"
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# § 1185h. Maintenance of price comparison tool

A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage shall offer price comparison guidance by telephone and make available on the Internet website of the plan or issuer a price comparison tool that (to the extent practicable) allows an individual enrolled under such plan or coverage, with respect to such plan year, such geographic region, and participating providers with respect to such plan or coverage, to compare the amount of cost-sharing that the individual would be responsible for paying under such plan or coverage with respect to the furnishing of a specific item or service by any such provider.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 719, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. BB, title I, § 114(c)(1), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2874.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable with respect to plan years beginning on or after , see , set out as a note under , Internal Revenue Code.