---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 182.40"
title: "45"
number: "182.40"
heading: "Requirements for making public cash prices for a diagnostic test for COVID-19."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/182.40"
---

# §182.40. Requirements for making public cash prices for a diagnostic test for COVID-19.

- (a) **General rules.**
  - (1) Except as provided under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, a provider of a COVID-19 diagnostic test must make public the information described in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section electronically via the internet.
  - (2) The information described in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, or a link to such information, must appear in a conspicuous location on a searchable homepage of the provider's website.
  - (3) The information described in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section must be displayed in a manner that is easily accessible, without barriers, and ensures that the information is accessible:
    - (i) Free of charge;
    - (ii) Without having to establish a user account or password; and
    - (iii) **Without having to submit personal identifiable information (PII).**
  - (4) The provider must include all of the following terms on its homepage:
    - (i) The provider's name;
    - (ii) The term “price”;
    - (iii) The term “cost”;
    - (iv) The term “test”;
    - (v) The term “COVID”; and
    - (vi) **The term “coronavirus”.**
- (b) **Exception.** A provider of a COVID-19 diagnostic test that does not have its own website must make public the information described in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section:
  - (1) In writing, within two business days upon request; and
  - (2) On a sign posted prominently at the location where the provider offers a COVID-19 diagnostic test, if such location is accessible to the public.
- (c) **Required information.** For purposes of paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section, the provider must make public the following information:
  - (1) A plain-language description of each COVID-19 diagnostic test that is offered by the provider;
  - (2) The billing code used for each COVID-19 diagnostic test;
  - (3) The provider's cash price for each such COVID-19 diagnostic test; and
  - (4) Any additional information as may be necessary for the public to have certainty of the cash price that applies to each COVID-19 diagnostic test.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 3202(b), Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 71203, Nov. 6, 2020, unless otherwise noted.