Re:Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000
by AlotOfReading on Saturday May 21, 2022 @05:42PM
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You can try to comparison shop all you want, but no hospital will give you details in the chargemaster if they aren't legally obligated to.
Even if you are in a position to shop around, journalists have documented their futile attempts to do price estimation for routine procedures. Here's one example: https://youtu.be/Tct38KwROdw
There have been recent laws that requiring publishing some of that information (which are being heavily contested), but comparison shopping remains effectively impossible in the US.
Even if you are in a position to shop around, journalists have documented their futile attempts to do price estimation for routine procedures. Here's one example: https://youtu.be/Tct38KwROdw
There have been recent laws that requiring publishing some of that information (which are being heavily contested), but comparison shopping remains effectively impossible in the US.