I had tried in the past to get information from a doctor and they say "don't know anything about charges or reimbursement, ask the billing department" and the b

I had tried in the past to get information from a doctor and they say "don't know anything about charges or reimbursement, ask the billing department" and the billing department says "don't know anything about reimbursement or medical procedures, ask your insurance company" and the insurance company says "don't know because we can't possibly guess what billing codes are going to be used". However, I googled the codes that seemed plausible for a root canal I was going to have and when I provided that to the insurance company, the rep did give me their reimbursement which wasn't that far off. I had a very vague idea of keywords due to briefly working for a health insurer years ago so I was able to do it spontaneously during the call. But the completely unhelpful attitude indicated to me that essentially no customers do this. >MANY hospitals have not even bothered to post this information because the fines are trivial The major hospital nearest me has not even bothered to abide by human trafficking laws (vis a vis contracts with Filipino nurses) for probably the same reason.