Tuesday, February 12, 2013

What Does A Hip Replacement Cost? Who Knows?

Report:  Hip-Replacement Cost Hard To Pin Down by Kathryn Smith.  Politico.  February 12, 2013.

The survey of hospitals found a tremendous range of quoted price in those cases when the prices were provided at all.  The price mystery presents a problem for those who argue that when patients are required to shop for the best healthcare deals there will be market pressure on hospitals to reduce costs.

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