This opinion piece argues that healthcare price transparency has become a rare point of bipartisan consensus in the United States, with growing momentum in Congress to enshrine it into law. The author contends that patients are currently forced to receive treatment without knowing costs in advance, often facing unexpectedly large bills, and frames transparency as a necessary first step towards fixing this problem.

The article cites a 2025 poll finding that 96% of Americans, across the political spectrum, support knowing healthcare prices before receiving treatment. It notes that both chambers of Congress are working on legislation intended to build on existing executive orders and rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), aiming to make price transparency a permanent legal requirement rather than something enforced only through regulation.