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> that they have a right to ask for a good faith estimate.

Yet another magical misdirection by the bought and paid for law writers.

You shouldn't have to ask. It should be no different than any other service. "Here Mr. Jones, your estimate." at which point you scoff and find somewhere else. Instead it's "oh btw you can ask for a good faith estimate" but the default is "bill the patient for everything at 9x rate and negotiate it down to 3x rate".

Entire system is a racket. Most doctors are rich not because they work hard but rather they are rich because their practices are highly effective fraud rings. Locally, many doctors won't even take medicaid because they can't defraud the government. It's fraud all the way down.