Hospital price transparency

The 70 CMS-specified shoppable services

Last reviewed October 26, 2026

The 70 CMS-specified shoppable services are the starting set, not the entire consumer-friendly display. A hospital must include as many of those services as it provides, then add hospital-selected services to reach at least 300 in total. If it provides fewer than 300 shoppable services, it lists as many as it provides.

The 70 CMS-specified shoppable services - explanatory graphic

The official list is reproduced in the CMS guide "10 Steps to Making Public Standard Charges for Shoppable Services", under Step 2, and in Table 3 of the original final rule. It covers evaluation and management, laboratory and pathology, radiology, and medicine and surgery services. Use the linked CMS list as the reference rather than a vendor summary.

The CMS guide labels its listed primary codes as 2020 CPT, HCPCS or DRG codes. That date matters: the guide permits appropriate code substitutions and crosswalks to display the hospital's established standard charges. Treat it as the specified service list with its original code references, not as a claim that every printed code remains the current billing code for every use.

A missing service and a missing price are different. If the hospital does not provide a CMS-specified service, it must clearly indicate that fact, using "N/A" or another appropriate indicator. It must not silently drop the service and leave readers guessing. Recommended practice is to retain a mapping showing the specified service, the hospital's corresponding service/code, whether it is provided, and where it appears in the public display.

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