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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by matz1 on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @12:41PM (#16923317)
Hospital should not even deal with the mess of insurance plan by adjusting the price. They should not care what kind of insurance the patient has or whether the patient even has insurance. They should just set a price to what they deem reasonable and if somehow patient insurance provider doesn't pay enough, it still the patient responsibility to pay for it.
Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by nradov on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @05:58PM (#16926622)
Insurance contracts with providers prohibit balance billing to patients. The provider can only bill a contractual maximum amount for each procedure. This helps to control costs and prevents patients from getting hit by unexpected charges.