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Originally Posted by nickerjones
There should be no reason why a hospital bills my insurance company 10,000 dollars for a procedure but if I went in to the hospital and said I have no insurance , I will pay with cash what does it cost? Well usually its about 80% difference in cost. Obviously like a credit card there is money that goes towards paying someone to do the paperwork etc... but still . Seems asinine eh?
I had an emergency appendectomy in 2010. The total billing to my insurance was 26k and some change. I had a buddy who had the same thing done with no insurance, same hospital, and he paid 1800 bucks . Doesn't there seem to be something wrong here?
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Aren't something like 60% of personal bankruptcies in the States because of medical bills?
here's a good read
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/bu...general&src=me&