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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargemaster
http://selfpaypatient.com/2014/01/03/insured-patients-can-sa...
Now that this information is public, I'm looking forward to the startups that will aggregate this info and let you cross-shop hospitals to get the lowest price, like for flights
Not sure how that will be helpful if you are in the middle of a heart attack though.
Those are not the real prices. Those are "chargemaster" prices, they are pretty much entirely irrelevant. The true price is usually going to be somewhere between 10-50% of the chargemaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargemaster http://selfpaypatient.com/2014/01/03/insured-patients-can-sa...
Those are not the real prices. Those are "chargemaster" prices, they are pretty much entirely irrelevant. The true price is usually going to be somewhere between 10-50% of the chargemaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargemaster http://selfpaypatient.com/2014/01/03/insured-patients-can-sa...
Nonsense. These are the prices they charge people who lack insurance. They're very real if you get a bill with them on it.
Those are not the real prices. Those are "chargemaster" prices, they are pretty much entirely irrelevant. The true price is usually going to be somewhere between 10-50% of the chargemaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargemaster http://selfpaypatient.com/2014/01/03/insured-patients-can-sa...
“Hospital x is the most expensive in the area by a 15% margin on average” hurts. Ideally these comparisons start forcing hospitals to compete by sheer embarrassment.
Those are not the real prices. Those are "chargemaster" prices, they are pretty much entirely irrelevant. The true price is usually going to be somewhere between 10-50% of the chargemaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargemaster http://selfpaypatient.com/2014/01/03/insured-patients-can-sa...
(Source: we were billed $16,666.30 for 30g of IVIG after being told it would cost around $2,000 if insurance didn’t cover it. Actual insurance rate would be $2,850 but the hospital won’t negotiate.)
Those are not the real prices. Those are "chargemaster" prices, they are pretty much entirely irrelevant. The true price is usually going to be somewhere between 10-50% of the chargemaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargemaster http://selfpaypatient.com/2014/01/03/insured-patients-can-sa...
Nonsense. These are the prices they charge people who lack insurance. They're very real if you get a bill with them on it.
You can see the problem. Both the hospital and the insurance company are incentivized to keep that number artificially high.
Those are not the real prices. Those are "chargemaster" prices, they are pretty much entirely irrelevant. The true price is usually going to be somewhere between 10-50% of the chargemaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargemaster http://selfpaypatient.com/2014/01/03/insured-patients-can-sa...
To me, these can be used to shame hospitals by using relative rates in comparison with other hospitals. “Hospital x is the most expensive in the area by a 15% margin on average” hurts. Ideally these comparisons start forcing hospitals to compete by sheer embarrassment.
Those are not the real prices. Those are "chargemaster" prices, they are pretty much entirely irrelevant. The true price is usually going to be somewhere between 10-50% of the chargemaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chargemaster http://selfpaypatient.com/2014/01/03/insured-patients-can-sa...
Better to say the fair price is 10-50% of the chargemaster. But if you’re not an insurance company and the hospital refuses to negotiate it down then that is the price you face. (Source: we were billed $16,666.30 for 30g of IVIG after being told it would cost around $2,000 if insurance didn’t cover it. Actual insurance rate would be $2,850 but the hospital won’t negotiate.)