Not exactly apples to Apples is it… ??
When you going to the hospital for a procedure of any kind… many different variables coming to play. Some of them unseen until unseen tests are taken and unseen/unknown results are discovered.
Medical procedures are not exact science… and can and more often than mot...go off into several different directions.
When you check in the hospital… what you’re hoping for is comprehensive medical treatment. Regardless of the cost.
Having hospitals display their prices… is simply an exercise in futility. And a very silly idea.
“Having hospitals display their prices… is simply an exercise in futility. And a very silly idea.”
I have to ask what evidence do you have to back that claim up, are you going to cite the insanely inflationary medical costs that we have to live with as a reason not to do it?
lol....its EXACTLY apples to apples!
Did you read the article???????????
Would you mind if my MRI costs me $400 and yours cost $4500 in the same hospital?
a simple Yes or No answer will be suffice...
Actually, the "procedures" (tests) are exact science. You were probably thinking of diagnosis that may require more tests. That is also built on years of medical science, but is still subject to any given doctor's interpretation of such tests. That's why the axiom, "get a second opinion" still has weight.
Sir, you have kidney stones. We need to do a Cat Scan to confirm it.
How much is a Cat Scan?
I don’t know, but we have to do the test.
Why? You just told me what I have.
Because we do.
OK, the Cat Scan confirmed the stones, here are some drugs to make you comfortable until they pass.
Yes, that was an actual conversation. The only treatment was a bottle of pills (yes, opiods that worked wonders when used properly)
“Medical procedures are not exact science… and can and more often than mot...go off into several different directions.”
Every test and/or procedure has a “code” that is used in part to determine how much it costs.
If hospitals published that, we would know which hospitals are run most efficiently.
That along with published outcome data will drive hospitals to be run better.
Now if they address how services are delivered and by whom you would dramatically improve choices and costs for care.
If your case is complex, you pay more. If tests are ordered you can decide if you are willing to pay based on what it costs.
No downside from the patients perspective.
I would love to hear you give an example how an MRI of the knee could go off in any direction other than the same. This is also true for many tests like an ekg, blood work, the price of a room, etc., etc., etc. I think that our President is on to something here.
Spoken like a true gored ox.