1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2018 . 2. Public disclosure of hospital data Part B of title II of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 238 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 249. Data reporting by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers and public posting (a) Semiannual reporting requirement Not later than 80 days after the end of each semiannual period beginning January 1 or July 1 (beginning more than one year after the date of the enactment of this section), a hospital and an ambulatory surgical center shall report to the Secretary the following data: (1) In the case of a hospital— (A) the frequency of occurrence for such hospital during such period of each treatment episode identified under subsection (c)(1) for a condition or disease selected under subparagraph (A) or (B) of such subsection (or updated under subsection (c)(3)), furnished in an inpatient or outpatient setting, respectively; and (B) if care was furnished for such a treatment episode by such hospital during such period— (i) the total number of such treatment episodes for which care was so furnished by the hospital during such period; (ii) the insured individual average charge (as computed under subsection (e)(3)) by the hospital for such treatment episode during such period; and (iii) the uninsured individual average charge (as computed under subsection (e)(4)) by the hospital for such treatment episode during such period. (2) In the case of an ambulatory surgical center— (A) the frequency of occurrence for such center during such period of each treatment episode identified under subsection (c)(1) for a condition or disease selected under subparagraph (C) of such subsection (or updated under subsection (c)(3)); and (B) if care was furnished for such a treatment episode by such center during such period— (i) the total number of such treatment episodes for which care was so furnished by the center during such period