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Washington (WA) Health Transparency Profile

Review generated: Mar 6, 2026
Region: West Tier: High Transparency Confidence: Medium High Last Verified: Mar 6, 2026
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Overall Transparency
85.7
Weighted composite score across six transparency categories.
Population: 8M GDP: $854.7B Per $100B GDP: 10.0
Category Analysis
Price Transparency
Confidence: Medium
78.6%
Scores how clearly a state exposes healthcare pricing information, including public pricing resources, accessibility of cost information, and transparency of pricing references.
State note: The score also considers the state's broader public-data and machine-readable-data posture as supporting evidence.
Public Health Reporting
Confidence: High
90.0%
Scores the availability and quality of public health reports, statistical publications, dashboards, and recurring reporting resources.
Open Data Access
Confidence: High
92.0%
Scores how easily the public can find, search, download, and reuse health-related public data through open portals or accessible state resources.
Hospital Quality Reporting
Confidence: High
88.0%
Scores transparency of hospital quality reporting, performance information, and public-facing reporting resources that help evaluate provider quality.
Insurance Market Transparency
Confidence: High
77.4%
Scores the visibility of insurance rate review, market oversight, and public disclosure pathways related to health insurance filings and accountability.
State note: CMS indicates this state has an Effective Rate Review Program for the individual and small-group markets, which supports stronger insurer transparency, public filing visibility, and state-level review accountability.
Machine-Readable Data
Confidence: High
89.0%
Scores the availability of structured, downloadable, and machine-readable data assets that support analysis, reuse, and public transparency.
Methodology
Scores represent transparency of healthcare data availability, reporting quality, and machine-readable access.
CategoryWeight
Price Transparency20%
Public Health Reporting20%
Open Data Access15%
Hospital Quality Reporting15%
Insurance Market Transparency15%
Machine-Readable Data15%
Confidence Levels
ConfidenceMeaning
LowLimited evidence support or weaker public documentation.
MediumReasonable evidence support with some gaps or inferred elements.
Medium HighStrong evidence support with only minor uncertainty.
HighStrong direct evidence support from current public sources.
Tier Thresholds
TierRange
High Transparency85% - 100%
Moderate Transparency75% - 85%
Limited Transparency65% - 75%
Low TransparencyBelow 65%
Research Limitations
  • Phase 1 maps legacy evidence into the refined category framework using transparent heuristics.
  • State-by-state hospital price transparency validation is not yet complete.
  • Insurance market transparency remains provisional until insurer and rate-review evidence is collected directly.
Derived Metric
Transparency Per 100b GDP
overall_score / (gdp_billion_usd / 100)
Higher values indicate stronger transparency performance relative to state economic scale.
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Evidence Review
Review Date: Mar 6, 2026
Targeted live review confirmed official Washington DOH data/reporting resources and downloadable data assets.
Reviewed Sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency Overview, CMS Hospital Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals, CMS Effective Rate Review Programs, CMS Rate Review Data
Refreshed Evidence Links
Federal Validation
Hospital Price Transparency
Federal Requirement Applies: Yes
Direct State Hospital Audit Completed: No
Validation Status: Federal Baseline Plus State Proxy
CMS hospital price transparency requirements apply nationwide; this dataset uses the federal rule and public enforcement resources as a baseline but does not yet verify every hospital machine-readable file in-state.
Insurance Rate Review
Effective Rate Review Program: Yes
CMS Direct Rate Review: No
Validation Status: CMS State Program Classification
CMS identifies most states and DC as having an Effective Rate Review Program; this state falls in that majority under current CMS guidance.
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