; (B) provides for real-time responses to requests described in paragraph (1); (C) is updated in a manner such that information provided through such tool is accurate at the time such request is made; (D) allows such a request to be made with respect to an item or service furnished by— (i) a specific provider that is a participating provider with respect to such item or service; (ii) all providers that are participating providers with respect to such plan and such item or service for purposes of facilitating price comparisons; or (iii) a provider that is not described in clause (ii); and (E) provides that such a request may be made with respect to an item or service through use of the billing code for such item or service or through use of a descriptive term for such item or service. The Secretary may require such tool, as a condition of complying with subparagraph (E), to link multiple billing codes to a single descriptive term if the Secretary determines that the billing codes to be so linked correspond to items and services. (4) Provider tool A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, shall permit providers to learn the amount of cost-sharing (including deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance) that would apply under an individual's plan or coverage that the individual would be responsible for paying with respect to the furnishing of a specific item or service by another provider in a timely manner upon the request of the provider and with the consent of such individual in the same manner and to the same extent as if such request has been made by such individual. As part of any tool used to facilitate such requests from a provider, such plan or issuer offering health insurance coverage may include functionality that— (A) allows providers to submit the notifications to such plan or coverage required under section 2799B–6 of the Public Health Service Act