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When I was shopping around I was told by hospital rep, that they can't tell me the price, because of a) they don't know until they talk to insurance company, b)
by evgeniysharapov 7y ago
When I was shopping around I was told by hospital rep, that they can't tell me the price, because of a) they don't know until they talk to insurance company, b) EMTALA prohibits that.
- tptacek 7y agoI had to negotiate an emergency CAT scan for my daughter about 8 years ago, and they ultimately had to make up a price on the spot for me ($1000). Lack of price transparency is an enormous problem with our current system. Of course, it's a problem on the provider side of the system, not the payer side, which is where everyone spends all their attention.