135B.28 - HOSPITAL BILL.

        135B.28  HOSPITAL BILL.
         1.  The hospital bill shall properly include the charges for
      pathology and radiology services 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.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135B.28] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 27, § 9; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §46