Just like shopping st WalMart!
yes, and doctors must tell you the price of the medications they are prescribing!
if i had known the cost before, i would have refused a colonoscopy charged over $6.000. and i have proof for it because my insurance refused to pay.
other countries already do it for years.
What about charges that tax payers have to pay for illegal aliens?
Can we compare prices to Canada? Oh wait, nevermind.
It's about damn time!
Many would be surprised to find that hospitals often have a seperate price list for patients who self pay, which is somtimes cheaper than using your insurance. I think they should also be required to show that price list. Or just stop jacking up the price on people with insurance
Yes. Shop around.
Insu should list prices for procedures so consumers can choose appropriately. Hospitals can list prices for extras so consumers will choose what they want to pay for. It's all the secrecy behind the curtain that makes choosing insu impossible
Unhelpful if you don't get in. MSStLukesNYC had patients show identification to security guard and R.N. to gain admittance to ER. Had to show my insurance and credit cards. Lady behind me was there because she'd believed she had a heart attack, had to wait. Isn't that illegal?
Sunlight is the best cure
A lot of hospitals are gonna find out the hard way about scamming
That’s great, they should have been doing this
That will make some people really sick. ER visit: flu, 1 swab test, 1 Tamiflu, 1 Zofran. Bills ..so far... $2,636 Late night Saturday night, no other medical options. Caretaker, on chemo meds, can't risk not treating the flu.
Maybe for things like elective surgeries or birthing. Most people use hospitals in emergencies. In that case I don't see it helping.
Another wast of time. Everybody knows Real Americans can,t aford shit.
The assumption that an ill patient is in any position to negotiate hospital/doctor pricing is simply nuts. Medicare for all solves this and puts the single payer in a position to negotiate for all patients.
This is great, I can now shop for the cheapest heart transplant, just like shopping on Amazon.
I should think that hospitals that have emergency rooms and must give free care to the poor MUST charge more to paying customers than hospitals with no emergency rooms. We all know that care is not free and the hospital with the ER cannot turn that injured person away.
Yeah till you get the bill and they say “yeah but we had to add on this & that”
This means nothing. Insurance sets prices for the insured. Biggest problem is that patients don’t understand how it works.
This is great. My insurance got charge $700 for an IM shot. Not the med (that cost $64) but the actual shot. I’m a nurse. That skill isn’t worth $700!
That’s good. When I leave the hospital I will know precisely how bankrupt I will be.
Or you can live in a civilised country which believes in healthcare free at the point of need 🌹
Lol this is a waste of time when you consider known methods are still vastly more effective.. It's like America is a 7 year old running home for a pat on the head for getting a C+
Countdown to someone making a comparison-shopping website in 3, 2, 1 ...
Yes, it's good idea; however, patients must become informed consumers to ensure they don't misunderstand the data/pricing.