Appendix 2
 

Standard Form: “Good Faith Estimate for Health Care Items and Services” Under the No
Surprises Act

(For use by health care providers no later than January 1, 2022)

Instructions

Under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Service Act, health care providers and health care facilities
are required to provide a good faith estimate of expected charges for items and services to individuals
who are not enrolled in a plan or coverage or a Federal health care program, or not seeking to file a
claim with their plan or coverage both orally and in writing, upon request, or at the time of scheduling
health care items and services.

This form may be used by the health care providers to inform individuals who are not enrolled in a plan
or coverage or a Federal health care program (uninsured individuals), or individuals who are enrolled
but not seeking to file a claim with their plan or coverage (self-pay individuals) of the expected charges
they may be billed for receiving certain health care items and services. A good faith estimate must be
provided within 3 business days upon request. Information regarding scheduled items and services must
be furnished within 1 business day of scheduling an item or service to be provided in 3 business days;
and within 3 business days of scheduling an item or service to be provided in at least 10 business days.

To use this model notice, the provider or facility must fill in the blanks with the appropriate information.
HHS considers use of the model notice to be good faith compliance with the good faith estimate
requirements to inform an individual of expected charges. Use of this model notice is not required and
is provided as a means of facilitating compliance with the applicable notice requirements. However,
some form of notice, including the provision of certain required information, is necessary to begin the
patient-provider dispute resolution process.

NOTE: The information provided in these instructions is intended only to be a general informal
summary of technical legal standards. It is not intended to take the place of the statutes, regulations, or
formal policy guidance upon which it is based. Readers should refer to the applicable statutes,
regulations, and other interpretive materials for complete and current information. [Link to IFR when
available.]

Health care providers and facilities should not include these instructions with the documents given
to patients.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The
valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0938-1401. The time required to
complete this information collection is estimated to average 1.3 hours per response, including the time to
review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the
information collection. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or
OMB Control Number 0938-1401

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