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I understand that entirely. But not publishing their prices before hand at all seems to me, in a word, deceptive.
by coreyp_1 10y ago
I understand that entirely. But not publishing their prices before hand at all seems to me, in a word, deceptive.
- mikeyouse 10y agoIn theory, the hospital should be able to provide a minimum price based on the standard order set for labor and delivery -- "If you have a natural birth in the hospital, and you spend 1 day in the room, 2 days in recovery, only use these drugs and receive these tests, your visit will cost $XX." But that isn't really helpful since most births will vary a substantial amount from the 'basic' plan. This gets back to why insurance exists in the first place, if the average price for 10 births is $10,000 -- that could be 10 births at $10k or 9 births at $1k and one at $91k or literally anywhere in between.
- sportanova 10y agobut that data could be really useful - the average cost is $x, the median is $y, and you could do standard deviations too. Or you could give even more detailed info