Yep. It is also usually tied into what Medicare allows as reasonable and customary charges. Insurance companies may not follow that rate of reimbursement exactly but they do use it as a guide. Medicare is one reason too why physicians can not adjust charges for certain patients to make the bill more affordable.
It is all a big scam. My big question on medical costs has always been, “How can health care be made affordable when nobody can really tell us the true cost?”
What a game, what a game.
“Medicare is one reason too why physicians can not adjust charges for certain patients to make the bill more affordable.”
Once the doctor sends you the bill, he and you can agree to cut it.
Bush’s Secretary of HHS Bill Thompson said that Medicare policy didn’t prohibit doctors from cutting a bill after it was rendered.
Medicare only prevents sick people from shopping around - bad enough.