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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by mynameisvlad on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @12:41PM (#16923316)
Not really, there's another comment thread in this post alone which talks about getting a 35% discount just for paying on the spot. It's ridiculously easy to negotiate because the prices are already so inflated that the hospital isn't losing money by offering "discounts" like that.
Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by crankylinuxuser on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @12:46PM (#16923381)
Which is funny you mention that...

If you don't know the bill, they can't tell you the bill, and they have no way to get the bill until weeks later, how can they "negotiate" when nobody knows?

Frankly, that claim sounds like a pile of you-know-what. My bet is they take your money, and then bill you for the rest.

Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by icebraining on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @01:01PM (#16923569)
The negotiation happened when the bill came.