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Well, probably a variety of reasons but certainly one key reason is... if you have to ask for 100K to get 25K, then if you ask for 25K your only going to get 8K

by apalmer 13y ago

Well, probably a variety of reasons but certainly one key reason is... if you have to ask for 100K to get 25K, then if you ask for 25K your only going to get 8K?... All prices are always negotiable, just that the individual consumer is so used to not having bargaining power that they forget this fact.

jonknee 13y ago
Medicare does not negotiate. The hospitals break down bills into CPT codes and get paid the published rate for the period for codes that are accepted (including geographic indexes and what not). It's a mess.