Table 2.

Barriers to price transparency

Barrier	Solution
Compliance	Effective penalty for non-compliers
Accessibility and usability of price transparency tools	Involvement of consumers in the design of price transparency tools (stakeholder engagement)
Accuracy of price estimates	Design estimators to accomodate for patients’ multiple insurance coverages, multiple providers visit and multiple service use during the same healthcare episode
Missing quality metrics	Adding valid quality metrics that are meaningful to patients to price transparency tools