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by maxxxxx 2742 days ago
They have nice pricing tables for insurances,. Just not for patients. Even unexpected complications will have a billing code but the prices are kept secret.
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Insurance companies are very different types of customers than uninsured patients. They're effectively averaging their price over a large number of patients. Most are probably slightly more expensive than necessary, but that difference helps subsidize those that experience complications. Furthermore, individual patients fail to pay at a much higher rate so that is reflected in the cost as well. A hospital can't just give the "insurance price" to uninsured patients as this may put them underwater.
First step is to publish the numbers so we can see if they make sense.