I don’t buy that at all.
Hospital costs are most out of control when an insurance company isn’t involved.
“Hospital costs are most out of control when an insurance company isn’t involved.”
Ask for the cash price. In most cases its half the list price or far less. Unless the doctor has been sued for providing cash patients better treatment in which case they’ll refuse to accept cash.
The overhead and interference of the insurance companies force prices up.
I have had the experience more than once of paying almost half the cost by paying cash price.