Code of Federal Regulations Title 42. Public Health § 42.401.140 Fees and charges

(a) Statement of policy. It is CMS's policy to comply with certain requests for information services without charge. Except as otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section, fees will be charged for the following services with respect to all other requests for information from records which are reasonably identified by the requesters:

(b) Fee schedules. The fee schedule is as follows:

(c) Waiver or reduction of fees. Waiver or reduction of the fees in paragraph (b) of this section may be made upon a determination that such waiver or reduction is in the public interest because furnishing the information can be considered as primarily benefiting the general public. Such determination may be made by the appropriate officer or employee identified in § 401.144.

(d) Sale of documents. On occasion, a previously printed document may be available for sale to the public;  the cost of supplying the document is one cent per page unless the document is available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents, in which case the price shall be that determined by the Superintendent.