State Department of Health Services Announces Annual Adjustment to Fees for Copies of Health Care Records

July 28, 2026 2:44 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

According to state law, each July 1, the state Department of Health Services (DHS) is required to adjust the amounts that health care providers may charge for patient health care records to account for inflation during the prior calendar year. The following are the updated amounts:

Schedule of Health Care Provider Records Fees

July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027

         

Previous Charges

Adjustment for CPI % increase  

New Charges

Paper Copies (per page)

First 25 pages

$1.44

$0.04

$1.48

Pages 26 to 50

$1.07

$0.03

$1.10

Pages 51 to 100

$0.70

$0.02

$0.72

Pages 101 and above

$0.41

$0.01

$0.42

Microfiche or Microfilm (per page)

$2.11

$0.06

$2.17

Print of an X-ray (per image)

$14.18

$0.38

$14.56

If the requestor is not the patient or a person authorized by the patient

Certification of Copies

$11.37

$0.31

$11.68

Retrieval Fee

$28.43

$0.77

$29.20

Actual Shipping Costs and Any Applicable Taxes


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