Some foreigners came in for an uninsured procedure at the hospital here. Unfortunately, I came in for the same and was charged double. Found out from the bookkeeping lady. I had to pay the inflated bill. For nothing since the procedure failed.
Hospitals routinely markup their actual procedure costs by 1000%!
Big expose in 2013 by Time mag has caught on - Hospitals are guilty of racketeering.
Many U.S. hospitals mark up prices 1,000 percent: study - Reuters
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Jun 8, 2015 ... Many U.S. hospitals mark up prices
1,000 percent: study ... care insured patients pay a percentage” of chargemaster prices, she said.
For-profit hospitals mark up prices by more than 1,000 percent ...
https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/06/15/17...Proxy Highlight
Jun 15, 2015 ... Hospitals set their own charges.
Few states set any limits on what hospitals can charge.) That’s almost three times the average markup at the ...
Some Hospitals Marking Up Prices More Than 1,000 Percent - 2015 ...
https://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2015...Proxy Highlight
Jun 8, 2015 ... The 50 hospitals in the U.S. with the
highest markup of prices over ... Many hospital patients don’t actually pay the “charge master” or full price.
How Hospitals Mark Up the Cost of Over-the-Counter Supplies Like ...
https://sandiegofreepress.org/2013/03/how-hos.