,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ac1 #bjae ,mr4 
,bilirakis introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to provide   
for site-of-service price transparency  
under the ,medicare program4  #a4       
,medicare site-of-service price         
transparency ,section #ahcd of the      
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciem7 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection3  7r7      
,site-of-,service price transparency    
7#a7 ,in general ,in order to facilitate
 price transparency with respect to     
items and services for which payment may

 be made either to a hospital outpatient
 department or to an ambulatory surgery 
center under this title1 the ,secretary 
shall1 for #bjag and each year          
thereafter1 make available to the public
 via a searchable website1 with respect 
to an appropriate number of such items  
and services--  7,a7 the estimated      
payment amount for such items and       
services under the outpatient department
 fee schedule under subsection 7t7 of   
section #ahcc and the ambulatory        
surgical center payment system under    
subsection 7i7 of such section2 and     
7,b7 the estimated amount of beneficiary
 liability applicable to such an item or
 service4  7#b7 ,calculation of         
estimated beneficiary liability ,for    
purposes of subsection 7a71 the         
estimated beneficiary liability1 with   
respect to an item or service1 is the   
amount for such item or service for     
which an individual who does not have   
coverage under a medicare supplemental  
policy certified under section #ahhb or 

any other supplemental insurance        
coverage is responsible4  7#c7          
,implementation ,in carrying out this   
section1 the ,secretary--  7,a7 shall   
include in the notice described in      
section #ahjd7;a7 a notification of the 
availability of the anticipated costs   
made available under subsection 7a72 and
  7,b7 may utilize existing mechanisms1 
such as the portion of the website of   
the ,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid   
,services on which information comparing
 physician performance is posted        
7commonly referred to as the ,physician 
,compare website71 to make available    
such anticipated costs under such       
subsection4  7#d7 ,funding ,for purposes
 of implementing this subsection1 the   
,secretary shall provide for the        
transfer1 from the ,supplemental        
,medical ,insurance ,trust ,fund under  
section #ahda to the ,centers for       
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services ,program 
,management ,account1 of #f1jjj1jjj for 
fiscal year #bjae1 to remain available  

until expended4  4