Collection Actions: 9.4.2.2 UDAP Challenges to Discriminatory or Unreasonable Health Care Pricing
UDAP actions have been brought to challenge hospital discriminatory pricing practices when hospitals charge uninsured patients several times the amounts paid by private insurers, Medicaid, or Medicare for the same procedures.573 Several cases have met with some success,574 including settlements of class actions.575 On the other hand, many courts have found discriminatory pricing not actionable under UDAP statutes,