Under current law, health care entities are required to provide an estimate of the total price of medical services to be rendered directly by that health care entity during a single medical encounter within a reasonable time of a request from an uninsured patient. This bill requires health care entities to provide a good faith estimate of the allowed amount under an insured patient’s health insurance coverage to be paid by an insurer for the medical services to be rendered directly by that health care entity during a single medical encounter. This bill requires the information to be provided within 3 business days of a request from an insured patient to the patient and to the patient’s health insurance carrier. This bill also requires health care entities to post notice of a patient’s right to request this information in their offices and include such notice in a patient’s written consent to treatment form that must be signed prior to receiving health care treatment or services. The bill requires health insurance carriers to provide an insured patient with an advanced explanation of benefits within 3 business days of receiving a good faith estimate from a health care entity for medical services.