It's much harder on many surgeries. They come in with "it depends" and completely avoid discussing it. The doctors often do not even know, and those who know wi

It's much harder on many surgeries. They come in with "it depends" and completely avoid discussing it. The doctors often do not even know, and those who know will refuse to discuss. On top of that, consultations are not free and often expensive. And something like cancer treatment is nigh impossible to get a quote on. They obfuscate the costs even when required to post them - see https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hospital-price-transparency-continues-drop-patient-rights-advocate/733703/ https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hospital-price-transpare... as but one example. There is an entire industry built around reading hospital bills and watching for double charges. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/grieving-family-uses-ai-chatbot-to-cut-hospital-bill-from-usd195-000-to-usd33-000-family-says-claude-highlighted-duplicative-charges-improper-coding-and-other-violations https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intell... was discussed earlier on HN.