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chargemaster

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A comprehensive list maintained by a hospital of prices of goods and services it will bill to its patients and their respective health insurers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: government, healthcare

Examples

  • The patient faced bankruptcy because she couldn't pay off the hundreds of thousands of dollars accrued from her hospital bill, including a price from the chargemaster for a single acetaminophen pill at ten times the cost for the same pill over-the-counter at a pharmacy.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From charge + master.