States try new tactics to bring down high hospital prices

Indiana is the latest state to experiment with limiting what hospitals can charge, to try to get a handle on high health costs.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6048x4024+0+0/resize/6048x4024!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F1c%2F02d29b894ac0a3b56cfa0bffb1a5%2Fgettyimages-2184109073.jpg' alt='Indiana is the latest state to experiment with limiting what hospitals can charge, to try to get a handle on high health costs.'/><p>Indiana is the latest state to experiment with limiting what hospitals can charge, to try to get a handle on high health costs.</p><p>(Image credit: utah778)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5939965' />