§ 135B.28 — Hospital bill

Iowa § 135B.28

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IV: PUBLIC HEALTH
• Ch. 135B: LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS

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1. Thehospitalbillshallproperlyincludethechargesforpathologyandradiologyservices
as long as the name of the doctor is stated and it fairly appears that the charge is for medical
services.
2. The hospital bill shall also contain a statement substantially in the following form:
The pathology and radiology charges are for medical services
rendered by or under the direction of the doctor listed above
and are collected by the hospital on behalf of the doctor, from
which charges an agreed sum will be retained by the hospital in
accordance with an existing agreement to which retention you
consented at the time of your admission to the hospital.
3. Upon the effective date of regulations which may be adopted by the United States
department of health and human services prohibiting combined billing by hospitals and
hospital-based physicians under Tit. XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, the charges
for all pathology and radiology services in a hospital, may upon the mutual agreement of
the hospital, physician, and third-party payer, be billed separately, the hospital component
of the charges being included in the hospital bill and the doctor component being billed by
the doctor.

Legislative History

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.28]