No, those numbers were real, post-negotiation, money-changing-hands numbers. US hospitals are actually 2x more expensive. If you looked at hospital pre-negotiat

No, those numbers were real, post-negotiation, money-changing-hands numbers. US hospitals are actually 2x more expensive. If you looked at hospital pre-negotiation asking prices, I'd expect them to be worse still. The insurance company side of this pissing contest is "nobody forces hospitals to list insane prices, certainly not us, but we can give you the leverage to make sure they don't stick -- good luck managing that on your own!"