{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-2-1502","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 35-2-1502","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) As used in this act:\n(i) \"Department\" means the department of health;\n(ii) \"De-identified maximum negotiated charge\" means the highest charge a facility has negotiated with any third party payors for a facility item or service;\n(iii) \"De-identified minimum negotiated charge\" means the lowest charge a facility has negotiated with any third party payors for a facility item or service;\n(iv) \"Discounted cash price\" means the charge that applies to a person who pays cash, or a cash equivalent, for a facility item or service;\n(v) \"Facility\" means a hospital located within the state and licensed under title 35, chapter 2, article 9 of the Wyoming statutes;\n(vi) \"Facility item or service\" means all items and services, including individual items and services and service packages, that may be provided by a facility to a patient in connection with an inpatient admission or an outpatient department visit, including:\n(A) Supplies and procedures;\n(B) Room and board;\n(C) Use of the facility and other areas, generally referred to as facility fees;\n(D) Services of health care providers, generally referred to as professional charges;\n(E) Any other item or service offered by the facility.\n(vii) \"Gross charge\" means the charge for a facility item or service that is reflected on a facility's list, less any discounts;\n(viii) \"Machine-readable format\" means a digital representation of information that can be imported or read into a computer system for processing;\n(ix) \"Payor-specific negotiated charge\" means the charge that a facility has negotiated with a third party payor for a facility item or service;\n(x) \"Shoppable service\" means a facility item or service that may be scheduled by a patient in advance;\n(xi) \"Standard charge\" means the regular rate established by the facility for a facility item or service provided to a specific group of paying patients. The term includes all of the following:\n(A) The gross charge;\n(B) The payor-specific negotiated charge;\n(C) The de-identified minimum negotiated charge;\n(D) The de-identified maximum negotiated charge;\n(E) The discounted cash price.\n(xii) \"Third party payor\" means a person who is, by statute, contract or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a facility item or service;\n(xiii) \"This act\" means W.S. 35-2-1501 through 35-2-1507.","path":["TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 2 - HOSPITALS, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND HEALTH SERVICES","ARTICLE 15 - HOSPITAL PRICE TRANSPARENCY ACT"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title35.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"cecdbbf176813ca8d5bb518dbf7535539c501cbfedabdc03a6289cf5eff792ea","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-2-1501","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-2-1503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}