144.589 BILLING OF UNINSURED PATIENTS.
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144.589 BILLING OF UNINSURED PATIENTS.
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Subdivision 1. Limits on charges.
A hospital must not charge a patient whose annual household income is less than $125,000 for any uninsured service or treatment in an amount that exceeds the lowest total amount the provider would be reimbursed for that service or treatment from a nongovernmental third-party payor. The lowest total amount the provider would be reimbursed for that service or treatment from a nongovernmental third-party payor includes both the amount the provider would be reimbursed directly from the nongovernmental third-party payor and the amount the provider would be reimbursed from the insured's policyholder under any applicable co-payments, deductibles, and coinsurance.
This statute supersedes the language in the Minnesota Attorney General Hospital Agreement.
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Subd. 2. Enforcement.
In addition to the enforcement of this section by the commissioner, the attorney general may enforce this section under section 8.31 .