Why Hospital Price Transparency Matters
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- Prices for an M.R.I. at Mass General
- Prices for an M.R.I. at Aurora St. Luke’s in Milwaukee
- Prices for an M.R.I. at Memorial Regional Hospital in Florida
- Prices for a colonoscopy at University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Prices for a pregnancy test at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Tweet: This is why hospital price transparency is important. A @nytimes report shows hospitals are charging patients wildly different amounts for the same basic services: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/22/upshot/hospital-prices.html #FairHealthCosts
LinkedIn or Facebook: The variation in prices charged to patients covered by different health plans, or with no coverage at all, is exactly why hospital price transparency is so important. More hospitals need to come into compliance with transparency requirements. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/22/upshot/hospital-prices.html