"The No Surprises Act was designed to protect patients from unexpected medical bills, not to increase health care costs," Catherine Gaffigan, president of health solutions at Elevance Health, said in a statement.

The state has accused the company of increasing its revenue by underpaying out-of-network providers.

Republican House members last week introduced a package of bills that would create a state hospital pricing board, limit hospital price increases, restrict health care consolidation and prohibit certain physician non-compete agreements.