re: #190 wahabicorridor

I don’t know about that. I can tell you that about 6 mos after a hospitalization, I got a bill from a hospital billing company for a drug I wasn’t sure I had rec’d. Talked to the doc and he said ‘Oh, yeah, you got it. How much are they charging you?’

He laughed when I told him. He said it really cost half as much. The billing company the hospital used would pocket the other half. I sent THE HOSPITAL half the amount.

Six years ago I went in for a fairly common test that involves some rather expensive equipment, took about an hour. The ‘rack rate’ for that procedure was just under ten grand. The insured price through my coverage at the time was $1400, and I had IIRC a $250 annual deductible.