Companies, like Safeway, that self insure pay $3,000 to $5,000 per procedure. For example: Colonoscopy: $897 Breast excision of lesion procedure: $2,569 Gall

Companies, like Safeway, that self insure pay $3,000 to $5,000 per procedure. For example: Colonoscopy: $897 Breast excision of lesion procedure: $2,569 Gall bladder procedure: $4,212 Cardiac Catheterization (no angioplasty or stints): $4,900 Knee Arthroscopy: $3,039 I wrote about it here: http://www.quora.com/Medicine-and-Healthcare/What-are-some-of-the-most-mind-blowing-facts-about-US-healthcare/answer/Carlos-Tobin http://www.quora.com/Medicine-and-Healthcare/What-are-some-o... The CEO of SafeWay, started a company that sells this data. Unfortunately its typically only sold to companies that self insure and have ~10,000 employees. You can watch him talk about the data and the company here: http://coe.berkeley.edu/static/streaming/gtl-conference/2009/recording-part-1.html http://coe.berkeley.edu/static/streaming/gtl-conference/2009...