Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K
by giantg2 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @11:15AM
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What does the parent comment have to so with the cost of stitches at Stanford? I was responding to their generalized comment about costs, which also has very little to do with the cost of stitches at Stanford.
For one, people are using Stanford for the name and presumed quality of care (see tweet about price being much higher than other hospitals). That's shows patients are willing to spend more for treatment there. If you want to dig deeper into the cost, then we would need to know why the price is listed that high, as it is likely a mistake (also speculated in the tweets). It's not really a good idea to compare anecdote that is suspected to be a mistake against an unspecified cost in another system (implied by parent).
For one, people are using Stanford for the name and presumed quality of care (see tweet about price being much higher than other hospitals). That's shows patients are willing to spend more for treatment there. If you want to dig deeper into the cost, then we would need to know why the price is listed that high, as it is likely a mistake (also speculated in the tweets). It's not really a good idea to compare anecdote that is suspected to be a mistake against an unspecified cost in another system (implied by parent).