I seem to recall reading something about this in Freakonomics. Price is a signal that people use for quality. Nobody wants to get discount legal advice. When

I seem to recall reading something about this in Freakonomics. Price is a signal that people use for quality. Nobody wants to get discount legal advice. When things go well, you save a couple of bucks. When things go bad, you can lose a lot more. This applies to the medical field too.