[stephenjohnbanker]

I had no insurance in 2006, and needed a hernia operation. The price quoted was 6,000. I offered to pay cash, and do it when the doctor’s biz was slow.

Cost?

1,800.

[headstamp 2]

That’s wild.

Same here for “scoping for dollars”. 3 grand at the hospital, $750.00 cash at a gastro doctor with an ambulatory suite right across the street from the hospital.

[cuban leaf]

That happened to a friend of mine too. Similar dollar amounts.

[Uncle Miltie]

I had a double hernia operation for which the hospital billed the Insurance Company $54,000. The Insurance Company paid $18,000, and I paid $2,000. You got a good deal there.