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<blockquote data-quote="RDKirk" data-source="post: 76316401" data-attributes="member: 326155"><p>Nobody you are able to reach on the phone will be able to provide prices. The billing office has the prices, and they may not even be in the same building. They may not even be the same company. Different aspects of the services billed might even go through different billing companies. That's one of the arcane--and costly--artifacts of the US medical system.</p><p></p><p>In my own case that I've mentioned, one significant factor in total price is whether or not the doctor has the patient leave with a catheter to be removed a day later, or with no catheter. Some of the highly reputable doctors do...some equally highly reputable doctors don't. Clearly, reputable doctors disagree...but how does a layman decide whether what should be an extra cost item (maybe, maybe not after all other costs are considered) is worth it? And if a doctor doesn't--but you need one--will his he or his staff have the practice to do it as well as the doctor who does it every time?</p><p></p><p>And the hospital charges were separately billed. So was the anesthetist. Am I going to shop for them as well? Or get all their prices and total them up for each physician? </p><p></p><p>How does a layman judge the pros and cons of pricing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDKirk, post: 76316401, member: 326155"] Nobody you are able to reach on the phone will be able to provide prices. The billing office has the prices, and they may not even be in the same building. They may not even be the same company. Different aspects of the services billed might even go through different billing companies. That's one of the arcane--and costly--artifacts of the US medical system. In my own case that I've mentioned, one significant factor in total price is whether or not the doctor has the patient leave with a catheter to be removed a day later, or with no catheter. Some of the highly reputable doctors do...some equally highly reputable doctors don't. Clearly, reputable doctors disagree...but how does a layman decide whether what should be an extra cost item (maybe, maybe not after all other costs are considered) is worth it? And if a doctor doesn't--but you need one--will his he or his staff have the practice to do it as well as the doctor who does it every time? And the hospital charges were separately billed. So was the anesthetist. Am I going to shop for them as well? Or get all their prices and total them up for each physician? How does a layman judge the pros and cons of pricing? [/QUOTE]
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