[FReepaholic]

...Keith Smith runs an independent surgical clinic and brings free market competitive prices to surgery...

Too bad Obamacare outlaws anymore of these hospitals.

http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/physician-owned-hospitals-fire-back-obamacare-restrictions

...Section 6001 of the health care law effectively bans new physician-owned hospitals (POHs) from starting up, and it keeps existing ones from expanding. It has already halted the development of 24 new physician-owned hospitals and forced an additional 47 to struggle to meet the deadline to complete construction, according to the Physician Hospitals of America (PHA)...

[Vigilanteman]

There is a famous hospital in Japan within walking distance of Tokyo's Shinbashi Station which follows a similar model. Patients from all over the world fly to Tokyo for a few days of surgery and recovery. They've been doing it for decades. A number of me too specialty clinics have opened up in the general neighborhood.

It takes less cash to get in and out than the co-pays on many American insurance plans. There are clinics in third world countries offering even better rates, but this one is located in a first world country with first world medicine.

[mo]

FYI....

http://www.surgerycenterok.com/

“The pricing outlined on this website is not a teaser, nor is it a bait-and-switch ploy. It is the actual price you will pay. We can offer these prices because we are completely physician-owned and managed. We control every aspect of the facility from real estate costs, to the most efficient use of staff, to the elimination of wasteful operating room practices that non-profit hospitals have no incentive to curb. We are truly committed to providing the best quality care at the lowest possible price. “