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Ah thanks for making me look this up! Seems like it did change recently (Jan 1, 2021) https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency https://www.cms.gov/hospi
by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
Ah thanks for making me look this up! Seems like it did change recently (Jan 1, 2021)
https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency
Now assuming the hospital is compliant the information should be available. To be fair my understanding of the argument for the old law was that you didn't want a hospital with a big sign out front saying "Broken arm repair: $10k" and having people not go in for it when there might be some financial aid they could get afterwards
- willcipriano 4y agoI'm sure the real reason is that the hospital up the road will set up a sign "Broken arm repair: $9k" to compete and that isn't something the lobbyists want.
- bombcar 4y agoWhat I see around here are billboards with the current emergency room wait time on them in digital LEDs. Which often struck me as kind of weird - the rooms with shortest wait time are probably most expens