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