Patient / Third party access to medical records

HIPAA (45 C.F.R., Parts 160 and 164) covers most requests for a patient’s medical record from a health care provider. In instances where HIPAA does not cover requests for a patient’s medical record from a health care provider, the Utah Legislature passed legislation (see Utah Code 78B-5-618) establishing the costs that a health care provider (as defined in Utah Code 78B-3-403) can charge a patient or a patient's personal representative to inspect or receive a copy of the patient's records from the provider (unless access to the records is restricted by law or judicial order).

† The per page fee for producing a copy of records in an electronic medium shall be 50% of the per page fee indicated on this table, regardless of whether the original medical records are stored in electronic format. See Utah Code section 78B-5-618(10)(b).
Statute	Fee Description	Unit of Measure	Prior Fee Cap	2023-2024 Average CPI-U Change	Calendar 2025 Fee Cap
78B-5-618(5)(a)(ii)(A)	Health Care Provider/Third Party Service - Locating Record	Per request	$33.71	2.9%	$35.09
78B-5-618(5)(a)(ii)(B)[1]	Health Care Provider/Third Party Service - Reproduction Charge - First 40 pages	Per page	$0.60	2.9%	$0.62†
78B-5-618(5)(a)(ii)(B)[2]	Health Care Provider/Third Party Service - Reproduction Charge - additional pages	Per page	$0.36	2.9%	$0.37†
78B-5-618(5)(a)(ii)(D)	Certification of records as duplicate of originals (upon request)	Per request	$20.00	N/A	$20.00
78B-5-618(5)(a)(iii)	Expediting Fee (upon request AND if records provided within 15 days of request)	Per request	$20.00	N/A	$20.00
78B-5-618(10)(c)(ii)(B)	Health Care Provider/Third Party Service - Cap for Medical Records delivered in electronic format	Per request	$168.53	2.9%	$175.43

Fees per Utah Code 78B-5-618