Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes

The Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes dataset contains information related to enforcement actions taken by CMS following a…

Part of the CMS Data Feeds Dataset › Medicare

Dataplex delivers this CMS feed as the analysis-ready table DWV.HOSPITAL_PRICE_TRANSPARENCY_ENFORCEMENT_ACTIVITIES_AND_OUTCOMES on Snowflake and Databricks: coverage from 2023 to 2026 in a single aligned schema, refreshed automatically whenever CMS publishes a new file. Every row carries lineage back to the exact CMS source file that produced it.

Key facts

Snowflake	DWV.HOSPITAL_PRICE_TRANSPARENCY_ENFORCEMENT_ACTIVITIES_AND_OUTCOMES
Databricks	cms_dwv.hospital_price_transparency_enforcement_activities_and_outcomes
Coverage	Oct 2023 – Jul 2026
Rows	146,526 (total across all reporting periods)
Cadence	Monthly
Update pattern	Time-partitioned; each file adds one reporting period
CMS published	2026-08-14
Loaded	2026-08-15
Columns	11 data + 6 lineage
File versions	19
License	CMS public data (U.S. Government work)
Platforms	Snowflake Marketplace · Databricks Delta Sharing

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Last CMS publication 2026-08-14: awaiting the next release. New files load automatically when CMS publishes.

Time-partitioned feed: each file version covers one reporting period, so history is additive. Query the full table for all periods; filter on the reporting period columns for a single period. Do not filter to the latest file only (that would return just the 2026 reporting period).

Sample queries

Snowflake

-- Each file version covers one reporting period (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026); history is additive
SELECT *
FROM DWV.HOSPITAL_PRICE_TRANSPARENCY_ENFORCEMENT_ACTIVITIES_AND_OUTCOMES
LIMIT 100;

Databricks

-- Each file version covers one reporting period (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026); history is additive
SELECT *
FROM cms_dwv.hospital_price_transparency_enforcement_activities_and_outcomes
LIMIT 100;

About this feed

The Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes dataset contains information related to enforcement actions taken by CMS following a compliance review of a hospital's obligation to establish, update and make public a list of the hospital’s standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital, in accordance with regulation (45 CFR 180). This data set includes the name of each hospital or hospital location, the hospital or hospital location address, the outcome or action following a CMS compliance review and the date of the outcome or action taken.

Source: CMS feed metadata

Keywords: Medicare, Hospitals & Facilities, Health Care Use & Payments Theme: Medicare

Coverage timeline

2023 🟩 · 2024 🟩 · 2025 🟩 · 2026 🟩

4 of 4 years covered, no gaps.

Release history

Reporting period	CMS published	Loaded	Latest file
2026-07-01 – 2026-07-31	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	✓
2026-06-01 – 2026-06-30	2026-07-14	2026-07-15
2026-05-01 – 2026-05-31	2026-06-09	2026-06-11
2026-01-01 – 2026-01-31	2026-04-30	2026-06-03
2025-12-01 – 2025-12-31	2026-02-17	2026-06-03
2025-04-01 – 2025-04-30	2025-07-25	2026-06-03
2025-01-01 – 2025-01-31	2025-05-12	2026-06-03
2024-12-01 – 2024-12-31	2025-02-06	2026-06-03
2024-09-01 – 2024-09-30	2024-10-17	2026-06-03
2024-06-01 – 2024-06-30	2024-08-14	2026-06-03

Show 9 earlier file versions

Reporting period	CMS published	Loaded	Latest file
2023-12-01 – 2023-12-31	2024-08-06	2026-06-03
2026-01-01 – 2026-03-31	2026-04-30	2026-04-30
2025-10-01 – 2025-12-31	2026-02-17	2026-02-17
2025-04-01 – 2025-06-30	2025-07-25	2025-07-25
2025-01-01 – 2025-03-31	2025-05-12	2025-05-12
2024-10-01 – 2024-12-31	2025-02-06	2025-02-06
2024-07-01 – 2024-09-30	2024-10-17	2024-10-17
2024-04-01 – 2024-06-30	2024-08-14	2024-08-14
2023-10-01 – 2023-12-31	2024-03-04	2024-03-06

Data dictionary

📋 11 data columns + 6 lineage columns

Column-level definitions are maintained by CMS in the official Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes data dictionary.

Data columns

Column	Type
CASE_ID	NUMBER
HOSP_NAME	TEXT
HOSP_ADDRESS	TEXT
CITY	TEXT
STATE	TEXT
ACTION	TEXT
DATE_OF_ACTION	DATE
__CASE_ID	NUMBER
__HOSP_NAME	TEXT
HOSP_ID	NUMBER
DT_ACTION	DATE

Lineage columns (present on every feed table)

Column	Type	Description
ROW_ID	TEXT	Unique row ID for this table (PK)
FILE_ID	TEXT	Source file; joins to FEEDS_FILES.ID (FK)
FILE_FEED_ID	TEXT	Parent feed; joins to FEEDS.ID (FK)
FILE_NAME	TEXT	Source file name as published by CMS
ROWNUM	NUMBER	Row number within the source file
CREATED_AT	TIMESTAMP_NTZ	Timestamp when the record was loaded

Row-level lineage

Every row in this table traces to the exact CMS source file that produced it. The FILE_ID column joins to the FEEDS_FILES catalog table, and FILE_FEED_ID joins to the FEEDS master table:

Trace any row back to its source file and reporting period:

Snowflake

SELECT d.CASE_ID, d.HOSP_NAME, d.HOSP_ADDRESS,
       ff.TEMPORAL_START, ff.TEMPORAL_END, ff.CMS_FEED_MODIFIED
FROM DWV.HOSPITAL_PRICE_TRANSPARENCY_ENFORCEMENT_ACTIVITIES_AND_OUTCOMES d
JOIN DWV.FEEDS_FILES ff ON d.FILE_ID = ff.ID;

Databricks

SELECT d.case_id, d.hosp_name, d.hosp_address,
       ff.temporal_start, ff.temporal_end, ff.cms_feed_modified
FROM cms_dwv.hospital_price_transparency_enforcement_activities_and_outcomes d
JOIN cms_dwv.feeds_files ff ON d.file_id = ff.id;

Source & provenance

Published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (bureau 009:38).

• Official CMS data dictionary

• Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes Methodology

Frequently asked questions

How often is Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes updated?

Monthly. CMS last published this feed on 2026-08-14, and Dataplex loaded it to the warehouse on 2026-08-15. New releases are added automatically when CMS publishes them.

What years does Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes cover?

2023 through 2026.

How many records are in Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes?

146,526 rows across all 19 reporting periods. Because this feed is time-partitioned, the full table total is the meaningful count; no deduplication needed.

How do I get Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes data?

It's included in the CMS Data Feeds Dataset on the Snowflake Marketplace (free trial available) and via Databricks Delta Sharing. Once mounted, query DWV.HOSPITAL_PRICE_TRANSPARENCY_ENFORCEMENT_ACTIVITIES_AND_OUTCOMES directly; no pipeline setup required.

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2. Mount the share; the database and DWV schema appear in your account immediately

3. Run the sample query above; no ETL, no pipeline maintenance

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