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The article is pretty clear that the "high price" is that the same procedure performed by the same doctor is often billed at a much higher rate when the doctor

The article is pretty clear that the "high price" is that the same procedure performed by the same doctor is often billed at a much higher rate when the doctor is an employee of a hospital instead of a self-employed physician.

luser001 14y ago
No. It seems that hospitals are paid on a per-patient basis while individual doctors are paid on a per-procedure basis. Unless I misunderstood the article.
- nmcfarl 14y ago
  This is not the case, hospitals are also paid per-procedure.