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Re:Some insurers insist that patients forgo generics and buy... by neonhomer on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:22AM (#14956613)
This place in Oklahoma has there prices listed: https://surgerycenterok.com/pricing/.

I'm sure there could always be complications but there are supposed to be laws in place to stop hospitals from price gouging.

Re:Some insurers insist that patients forgo generics and buy... by DougWebb on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:38AM (#14958933)
That's great (really) but also see: https://surgerycenterok.com/pricing-disclaimer/

Those prices don't include a bunch of things you'll also need, which makes them a little misleading. Some of those things are predictable, and some, like your housing costs for the duration of your recovery, are not. In a typical hospital setting you're paying to stay in a hospital bed, and they can't tell you how much that'll cost ahead of time.

It's probably a lot easier to determine all of these costs on average rather than per-patient. Medical staff could be paid a salary, and hospitals/etc could set a budget based on average costs and workloads. Then a single-payer system could collect the money needed into one big pool and pay it out based on those budgets.