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Cynthia Fisher on stage at the 2023 STAT Summit. — Cynthia Fisher, founder and chairman, PatientRightsAdvocate.org STAT

BOSTON — For all those who think hospital price transparency will not save money, Cynthia Fisher has a message: it’s already doing so.

Fisher, who spoke Wednesday at the annual STAT Summit in Boston, is the successful entrepreneur and founder of PatientRightsAdvocate.org who has been leading an unorthodox campaign to get hospitals to disclose prices.

The campaign has made progress. Republicans on three House committees introduced a bill to make hospitals disclose prices up front, though then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) pulled the bill shortly before it was supposed to receive a vote on the House floor.

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