It's hard to contain costs when there is no transparency regarding them. Just try to figure out the price of a medical procedure. The prices of procedures var

It's hard to contain costs when there is no transparency regarding them. Just try to figure out the price of a medical procedure. The prices of procedures vary depending on who you are. Having the need to get a particular type of MRI every few years, I call around looking for 1) the equipment the facility has to do the MRI, and 2) the cost. It's hard enough to get #1 (there's a large disparity in quality of MRI based on equipment). #2 is practically impossible to get, and has no correlation to the equipment quality. If providers were required to be fully transparent on pricing, and provide the same price to all, then you might see cost containment.