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> "I avoided surgery, but they still billed nearly $70,000," Osman tells Popular Mechanics, adding that the bill included an abdominal CT scan, medication, and
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> "I avoided surgery, but they still billed nearly $70,000," Osman tells Popular Mechanics, adding that the bill included an abdominal CT scan, medication, and two nights in a hospital room.
Still exorbitant, but it wasn’t just for the X-ray. Ultimately it’s because hospitals and insurance companies are part of a legal price-fixing scheme.