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What did you pay? What did the insurance company actually end up paying? This is one of the areas that open pricing should help.

• x86_64Ubuntu 7y ago
  I'm not sure open pricing would help seeing as how the average person doesn't have much knowledge to defend themselves against gouging. And when I've got a gash on my head, I'm not going to call around for prices and special discounts.
  • wil421 7y ago
    Another commenter said they asked the hospital and they just bill 8x the Medicare rate. Price transparency should help equalize the market. Right now it’s very much a smoke and mirrors pricing scheme.
    • mattmcknight 7y ago
      What we should do is declare that you can't charge any patient more than you charge Medicare. Single pricer.