Below is the Ohio state statute which controls the amount of money that doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers can charge for copies of medical records provided to the patient or the patient’s attorney for use in personal injury or wrongful death civil cases. Note that there may be other statutes which pertain to workers’ compensation claims, Social Security disability matters, etc.
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Ohio
Ohio Revised Code § 3701.741
Except as provided in divisions (C) and (E) of this section, a health care provider or medical records company that receives a request for a copy of a patient’s medical record from the patient or patient’s personal representative may charge not more than the amounts set forth in this section. Total costs for copies and all services related to those copies shall not exceed the sum of the following:
- $3.31 per page for the first ten pages
- $0.69 per page for pages eleven through fifty
- $0.28 per page for pages fifty-one and higher
- For data resulting from an X-ray, MRI, or CAT scan recorded on paper or film, $2.27 per page
- The actual cost of any related postage
Third Party Requestors:
- Search fee of $20.42
- $1.34 per page for the first ten pages
- $0.69 per page for pages eleven through fifty
- $0.27 per page for pages fifty-one and higher
- For data resulting from an X-ray, MRI, or CAT scan recorded on paper or film, $2.27 per page
- The actual cost of any related postage
Costs for Calendar Year 2020 Based on a 1.81% change in the CPI
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