[HN Gopher] Hospitals lift curtain on prices, reveals giant swin...
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       Hospitals lift curtain on prices, reveals giant swings for hips,
       knees and more
        
       Author : theonlyklas
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2021-03-12 20:48 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | wdn wrote:
       | Only in US that we don't know the price of the health service we
       | are redeeming.
       | 
       | When I go get my car fix and I would go around to get an estimate
       | for multiple body shop even if it is under insurance. But when it
       | come to health care, you ask them for a cash price, they said
       | they don't know.
        
         | darkwizard42 wrote:
         | They will outright REFUSE to give you a quote...forget out-of-
         | network, even IN network?!
         | 
         | This is so astonishing cause you would assume they have
         | NEGOTIATED the rate given its in network so there is little
         | variability in what can be charged by the doctor and what can
         | be thrust upon the customer. ex. if you charge $100K more than
         | other in-network doctors, good luck, cause the insurance
         | company is only paying the doctor $5,000 no matter what and the
         | customer will be on the hook for X% of that (outside of
         | deductible and other math required to quote a price)...
        
       | 1cvmask wrote:
       | In other countries you can see prices before making a decision.
       | Funny that this a (sticker) shocker to us still today.
        
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