05-08-2013, 03:30 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonk...0/?hpid=z1
Newly released data about what hospitals around the country are billing for identical procedures. In some cases, hospitals in the same city have a price difference of $100K, for the same procedure.
Hospitals have never been required to release this master pricing data before - and now we see why they kept it such a closely guarded secret.
There can certainly be valid reasons for price differences, but there's obviously some serious gouging going on here that could be curtailed.
And of course, it's the uninsured who suffer the most for this, though it's obvious are lot of us are overpaying, badly, for healthcare.
Newly released data about what hospitals around the country are billing for identical procedures. In some cases, hospitals in the same city have a price difference of $100K, for the same procedure.
Hospitals have never been required to release this master pricing data before - and now we see why they kept it such a closely guarded secret.
There can certainly be valid reasons for price differences, but there's obviously some serious gouging going on here that could be curtailed.
And of course, it's the uninsured who suffer the most for this, though it's obvious are lot of us are overpaying, badly, for healthcare.