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Originally Posted by Robbie
I guess my point is that it should have NEVER cost $18,000 for your mom falling and busting her head open.
I would be very curious about what the "real" cost of that was. Not what the hospital and insurance company make up on the paperwork...but the actual cost and money that exchanged hands between insurance company and hospital.
That is the amount that we (the consumer) are never allowed to see.
Your mom falling and getting hurt pretty badly shouldn't BE a "big ticket item". They are ripping us off.
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Agreed 100%
Hospitals overcharge insurance companies for everything and they pay a slight percentage of what is billed. If you are uninsured they charge you the same inflated cost that you cannot negotiate.
Going to the hospital is worse than buying a car, you never know how bad they are going to screw you til you get the bill