Cal. Ins. Code § 10133.64
(a) A contract issued, amended, renewed, or delivered on or after January 1, 2015, by or on behalf of a health insurer and a provider or supplier shall not contain any provision that restricts the ability of the health insurer to furnish consumers or purchasers information concerning any of the following:
(e) Any Internet Web site owned or controlled by a health insurer, or operated by another person or entity under contract with or on behalf of a health insurer, that displays the information developed and compiled by the health insurer as referenced by this section shall prominently post the following statement:
“Individual health care facilities or providers may disagree with the methodology used to define the cost ranges, the cost data, or quality measures. Many factors may influence cost or quality, including, but not limited to, the cost of uninsured and charity care, the type and severity of procedures, the case mix of a facility, special services such as trauma centers, burn units, medical and other educational programs, research, transplant services, technology, payer mix, and other factors affecting individual health care facilities and providers.”
A health insurer and a provider or supplier shall not be precluded from mutually agreeing in writing to an alternative method of conveying this statement.
(g) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: