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by ahtihn 3 days ago
What makes the diagnosis "worth" $100? Right now it requires a highly paid human which sets a floor on the cost.

If there's competition from LLMs it's going to drive down the cost.

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>What makes the diagnosis "worth" $100?

The opinion of the customer paying for it

And who is the customer?

Healthcare market is completely distorted. Price isn't linked to value because the person that uses a service is usually not the person directly paying for it. Worse, the price usually isn't known upfront, so no one is making a rational decision based on "value".