Billing in the US is insane. I know we're pretty adjusted to not knowing how much going to the doctor is going to take out of our wallet, but that's ridiculous

Billing in the US is insane. I know we're pretty adjusted to not knowing how much going to the doctor is going to take out of our wallet, but that's ridiculous considering how important to us that is just about everywhere else (e-commerce, Bank fees, phone bills). Can't find the reference, but I read that general practitioners barely even know how much they're going to be reimbursed for care. It takes their staff an average of three back and forths with the insurance company to settle on the "appropriate" coding and billing for anything of a "moderate complexity" visit or above. Shameless plug mode: My employer (Rally Health) has a provider search and cost transparency tool you can access if you have a UHC health plan at https://connect.werally.com https://connect.werally.com . It has uses information about your plan to estimate cost for procedures and even multi-stage treatments. To be fair this doesn't really solve the problem of unnecessary complexity behind the scenes of healthcare which are actually responsible for driving up costs, but it does help consumers in the current state of things.