Clear Hospital Costs

DMCA / Takedown Policy

Last updated: April 11, 2026

About Our Data

All pricing data displayed on this site is derived from machine-readable files published by hospitals as required under the CMS Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR Part 180). Numeric procedure codes are public domain facts. Hospital-provided descriptions are displayed with attribution to the source file. We do not reproduce AMA CPT® descriptors.

Hospital Correction Requests

If you represent a hospital and believe pricing data displayed on this site is incorrect, you do not need to file a DMCA notice. Please email [email protected] with the specific data you believe is incorrect and we will review it against your published CMS pricing file within 5 business days.

We welcome corrections and want our data to be accurate. Our goal is to present hospital pricing data faithfully as published.

For details on how we source and process data, see our Methodology. For our full legal terms, see our Terms of Use.

Filing a DMCA Notice

If you believe content on this site infringes your copyright, you may submit a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). A valid DMCA notice must include:

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed
  2. Identification of the material to be removed, including the specific URL
  3. Your contact information (name, address, phone number, email)
  4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner
  5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner
  6. Your physical or electronic signature

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Our Process

  1. Upon receiving a valid DMCA notice, we will acknowledge receipt within 2 business days.
  2. We will review the claim and verify it against the hospital's CMS source file.
  3. If the data on our site matches the hospital's own published file, we will respond with source attribution and the CMS mandate citation (45 CFR § 180) that requires hospitals to publish this data.
  4. If we find a legitimate error on our part, we will correct or remove the content within 5 business days.
  5. Counter-notification procedures are available if content is removed and you believe the removal was in error.

Counter-Notification

If you believe material was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notification including:

  • Identification of the material that was removed and its location before removal
  • A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed by mistake
  • Your name, address, phone number, and consent to jurisdiction
  • Your physical or electronic signature