hyderabad telangana state health department on wednesday ordered private hospitals to display the rack rates at prominent places in the hospital to improve transparency in billingcomplaints have been received against some private hospitals that these hospitals are charging exorbitantly and the ceilings fixed by the government are not being followed it is felt that there is a need to introduce greater transparency in the rates that can be charged by private hospitals so that people are made aware of the same and they are in a position to verify the correctness of the bill raised by private hospitals accordingly all private hospitals are hereby instructed to display the rack rates as on december 31 2019 at prominent places in their hospital immediately further high end drugs and personal protection equipment which are excluded from the package price have to be charged at mrp only the maximum retail prices of these drugs and ppes also have to be displayed at prominent places the order readthe order also specified that at the time of discharge the bills provided to the patients should be itemised and have complete breakup of charges levied any deviation from these instructions will be viewed seriously and action will be initiated as per provisions the orders will come into force with immediate effect stated the order