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How Much Would A Hospital Charge For A Simple Medical Procedure

To try and answer this question, Jeanne Pinder's team called doctors and hospitals to ask what they would accept as a cash payment for simple procedures. Some people were helpful, some hung up or were rude, and some said their lawyers wouldn’t let them divulge the information. In cases when they did get a response, the costs were staggeringly different, depending on the hospital.

TED Talks Daily · What if all US health care costs were transparent? | Jeanne Pinder · at 2:27 · ·Transcript

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