| This bill also requires hospitals and certain other health |
| care institutions licensed under the Maine Revised Statutes, |
| Title 22, chapter 405 to develop, maintain and release a price |
| list of the 15 most common services involving inpatient stays |
| and outpatient procedures rendered for use by consumers for |
| their medical care needs. This bill also requires medical |
| doctors and osteopaths to develop, maintain and release a |
| price list of at least the 15 most common procedures rendered |
| by that professional for use by consumers for their medical |
| care needs. |