Yes, it is legal for hospitals to charge a fee for you to look at your medical records - it is to go towards the cost of the staff time in retrieving them and (usually) sitting with you and answering questions as you look at them. We do this where I work and the real 'cost' of doing this is actually at least $100 - most places just charge a small fee as we know it is difficult for people to afford the 'real cost' and we think people should get the chance to have their medical records explained. So $36 is a token fee really.