[darkwizard42]

I don't think that applied as broadly as people think. I had to remove screws and a plate from my leg in NYC at a fairly large hospital so I went through what I thought was a pretty straightforward process.

1/ Got the procedure codes from the doctor

2/ Got the doctor's estimated billing for those codes

3/ Reviewed my insurance information and in/out network status and then called up the insurance company to confirm the amount they would reimburse for those codes

They REFUSED to give me a clean $ number on how much they would pay of the bill that the doctor would give me. The bill from the doctor was high so naturally I wanted to know the true cost that I might be stuck with and the insurance company just wouldn't give a straight answer.

Naturally if there are complications and you have to have new procedures then it makes sense to me the price could go up, but for a straight procedure code to price transparency there doesn't seem to be any change in my personal experience