[remotedreamer]

I agree that our healthcare system is messed up but the insurance company paid for 95% of her bill. Seems like she got her money's worth from the insurance company.

[paulcole]

Isn’t this kind of like TJ Maxx or Ross labeling clothes at insane “retail” prices so you feel like you got a good deal when you saved 95% but still spent $50?

[ashayh]

The entire point of the original sky high price tag is to make your final share seem reasonable.

Also, you still pay hundreds if not thousands per month in premiums.

[YetAnotherNick]

Why don't insurance companies lead the change towards transparent pricing?

[ebragg09]

Because their profits are limited as a percentage of revenue (aka "they must spend x% of their revenue on patient care"), and thus there's a huge incentive for prices to go up across the board to increase their dollar amounts that don't have to be spent on patient care.

[TheCoelacanth]

Not if she gets bankrupted by the $50k that the insurance didn't cover.

[nojvek]

Insurance can put whatever number they want to make you feel you got a great deal.

It’s like car sales people showing fake papers about how much the car cost them. “They are selling to you at cost”.

There is absolutely no way a simple hand X-ray costs multiples of thousands of dollars.