The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has released the updated amounts hospitals can charge for copying medical records in 2008.
Ohio Revised Code 3701.742 requires that ODH increase the amounts using the Consumer Price Index — a 2.8% increase from last year.
The following are amounts hospitals and companies can charge for copying medical records in 2008:
For requests made by patients or their representatives, hospitals may now charge
$2.74 per page for the first 10 pages,
57 cents per page for pages 11-50,
23 cents per page for pages numbering more than 50.
With respect to data recorded on something other than paper (e.g. X-rays, CDs), the new maximum charge is $1.87 per page.
