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This is astounding. It used to be that doctors were not allowed to post their prices! Openness is needed to fix medical billing.

• JAlexoid 8y ago
  Why would you care, when your copay is $30 flat?
  • int_19h 8y ago
    Because my premiums could be lower?
    • JAlexoid 8y ago
      Why would they be? They are both employer sponsored and would still rise to drive profits for the insurance companies.
  • dougmwne 8y ago
    Every time I use my health insurance in the USA I peel back another layer of this onion of a scam. I've started doing most of my health care abroad even though I'm insured just so I don't have to deal with this industry. I doubt posting prices online will do much because it seems like a quick fix to a systemic issue. 1. Go for a 3 minute, 30 second ENT appointment about earwax. Think I'm just paying a co-pay. Receive an extra bill for "Charges in excess of negotiated amount" 2. Go for appointment and be told: "If you just pay us now and bypass your insurance it will be cheaper than your copays." This happened twice without any prompting. 3. Be told by another office that my insurance doesn't cover a service and that it would be better if I paid out of pocket. Learn later that that service should have been covered 100%. Struggle for months to get insurance to pay instead all the while being told by the office "we can't guarantee you won't end up paying more in the end, even if it does say 100%"
    • tapland 8y ago
      It surprises me that that behavior is even legal. It shouldn't be in a modern democracy.