The problem with this is that folks continually use medical “insurance” to pay their way.
Posting prices is great when the patient is the actual customer. Unfortunately, the real client of the Dr. is the one who pays them directly - carriers and the gov.
Exactly. This is a useless effort unless patients are paying their own bills.
What do people care how much anything costs, when all they do is put the hospital in touch with their insurance company and forget about it?
Agree partially.
However, with $3000 to 6000 dollar deductibles, and 20%+ co-pay, patients are highly motivated to ensure their pockets aren’t picked by crooked hospitals.
Look up how common it is for hospital’s accounting dept “Charge Master” book rates to utilize a 1000 percent markup over actual costs!