Hospital Prices Are Supposed to Be Transparent Now

Hospital Prices Are Supposed to Be Transparent Now
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A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars—or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use.
Long hidden, such price variations are supposed to be available in stark black and white under a Trump administration price transparency rule that took effect at the start of this year. It requires hospitals to post a range of actual prices—everything from the rates they offer cash-paying customers to costs negotiated with insurers.
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