{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-127445","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 127445","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts paid by parties for services resulting from reduced or waived charges under a hospital’s discounted payment or charity care policy shall not constitute a hospital’s uniform, published, prevailing, or customary charges, its usual fees to the general public, or its charges to non-Medi-Cal purchasers under comparable circumstances, and shall not be used to calculate a hospital’s median non-Medicare or Medi-Cal charges, for purposes of any payment limit under the federal Medicare Program, the Medi-Cal program, or any other federal or state-financed health care program.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 107. HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION [127000. - 130079.]","PART 2. HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING [127280. - 127774.]","CHAPTER 2.5. Fair Pricing Policies  [127400. - 127471.]","ARTICLE 1. Hospital Fair Pricing Policies [127400. - 127446.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6b97ae38d8a4345af935c07d9a8fd40bbbc6c7892bd2c0095a688862f24d0d54","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-127444","next":"us-ca/hsc-127446"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}