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Re:Aetna CEO Threatened Obamacare Pullout If Feds Opposed Hu... by danielweber on Thursday August 18, 2016 @11:34AM (#12313282)
In most places in the US, you can't even get list prices. Calling up providers for quotes gets you hung up on.

Singapore, which has a significant market portion to their health care industry, mandates posting of prices.

Re:Aetna CEO Threatened Obamacare Pullout If Feds Opposed Hu... by DashRattlesnake on Friday August 19, 2016 @02:38PM (#12322351)
I've actually found that you can get list prices from hospitals. The problem is that they're distorted and sky-high and not necessarily very reflective of what you will have to pay if you have insurance, because the insurers have negotiated their own rates. Those rates are treated as top secret by everyone involved (that is, until you get a bill).