East Georgia Regional Medical Center is one of sixteen hospitals in Georgia warned about its noncompliance with price transparency regulations.
The Associated Press reported last week that more than 500 hospitals across the country had been warned about their failure to provide the public with basic pricing information, which the Trump administration says contributes to higher-than-necessary healthcare costs.
The requirement to publish pricing information stems from a 2019 executive order signed by Trump which took effect in 2021. In 2026, the administration began a more aggressive enforcement effort.
Hospitals are required to provide clear, accessible pricing information online about the items and services they provide in two ways:
- As a comprehensive machine-readable file with all items and services.
- In a display of shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format.
Hospitals Warned by Administration
The AP obtained the list of hospitals and published it in its entirety, noting that all of the hospitals received warning letters since April and some were notified that they must submit plans regarding their efforts to publish price transparency. Every hospital contacted in the initiative, however, was warned that failure to comply would result in penalties of upwards of $2 million.
According to the list published by the AP, East Georgia Regional Medical Center received a ‘Warning Notice.’ EGRMC’s website does include a price transparency ‘tab,’ but it is unclear if the site’s functions meet the standards required by the federal requirement.
Other hospitals in Georgia that received letters include:
- Archbold Memorial (Thomasville)
- Blue Ridge Medical Center (Blue Ridge)
- Children’s Healthcare Of Atlanta At Scottish Rite (Atlanta)
- Coffee Regional Medical Center (Douglas)
- Colquitt Regional Medical Center (Moultrie)
- Dodge County Hospital (Eastman)
- Dorminy Medical Center (Fitzgerald)
- Emory HealthCare & Houston HealthCare – Emory Hospital Warner Robins (Warner Robins)
- Evans Memorial Hospital (Claxton)
- Flint River Hospital (Montezuma)
- Jeff Davis Hospital (Hazlehurst)
- Laurel Heights Hospital (Atlanta)
- Piedmont Mcduffie Hospital (Thomson)
- Select Specialty Hospital – Midtown Atlanta (Atlanta)
- St Simons By-The-Sea Hospital (St Simons Island)
The American Hospital Association said in a statement to the Associated Press that members support price transparency and the majority of hospitals are complying with the federal requirements.
You can read more about the price transparency requirements here.
