(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Detailed patient bill” means a patient billing statement that includes, in each line item, the hospital’s current pricemaster code, a description of the charge and the billed amount; and (2) “pricemaster” means a detailed schedule of hospital charges.

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(b) Each hospital shall file with the unit its current pricemaster which shall include each charge in its detailed schedule of charges.

(c) Upon the request of the Office of Health Strategy, established under section 19a-754a, or a patient, a hospital shall provide to the office or the patient a detailed patient bill. If the billing detail by line item on a detailed patient bill does not agree with the detailed schedule of charges on file with the unit for the date of service specified on the bill, the hospital shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars per occurrence payable to the state not later than fourteen days after the date of notification. The penalty shall be imposed in accordance with section 19a-653. The unit may issue an order requiring such hospital, not later than fourteen days after the date of notification of an overcharge to a patient, to adjust the bill to be consistent with the detailed schedule of charges on file with the unit for the date of service specified on the detailed patient bill.