1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Care Price Check Act of 2019 . 2. Improving cost and quality transparency under the Medicare program (a) Secretary (1) In general Section 1804 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395b–2 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking The Secretary and inserting Subject to subsection (e)(1), the Secretary ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) Cost and quality transparency (1) Requirements for toll-free telephone number Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act (except as provided in subparagraph (A)(iv)), the Secretary shall ensure that the following information is available to an individual who calls the toll-free telephone number under subsection (b): (A) Costs The following information regarding costs for items and services under parts A and B: (i) The individual’s out-of-pocket costs for a specific item or service furnished by a specific provider of services or supplier. (ii) The payment amount under this title for such item or service furnished by such provider or supplier. (iii) The total allowable charges for such item or service furnished by such provider or supplier. (iv) Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the information described in clauses (i) through (iii) for items and services that are frequently furnished together with the item or service described in such clauses, as determined by the Secretary. (v) An explanation of the cost-sharing components under parts A and B, including with respect to— (I) deductibles; (II) copayments