[emkoemko]

how is that legal? you are telling me you won't know how much sometime costs until you have to pay for the service? is that not illegal? reminds me of Chinese scam of foreigners where women lure men to restaurants on the take and give you a massive bill at the end telling you it does cost that much but since you can't read Chinese its your fault.

[darkwizard42]

I don't know why it is legal but that is entirely how it works. They can't quote you an exact price on any procedure. They always hem and haw about something could change, negotiated rates vary, all sorts of BS even when you have specified the doctor, the procedure codes, the hospital, the jurisdiction and basically removed nearly every variable from the equation.