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Meaning of charge master

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

charge master

noun

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  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.

    Example: 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.