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re: Study: significant increase in patients who can't afford to pay full hospital bill
Posted on 6/28/17 at 6:05 am to the808bass
Posted on 6/28/17 at 6:05 am to the808bass
Should a hospital charge the same amount for identical surgery on two different people? Say two people go in for triple bypass, one surgery lasts 4 hours and goes smoothly, the other takes 6.5 hours with complications requiring more staff and equipment. Hard to pre-itemize healthcare.
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 9:29 am to i am dan
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Should a hospital charge the same amount for identical surgery on two different people?
Complex procedures are billed differently and reimbursed differently than simple procedures. Many times, the doctor is aware of whether or not the surgery is going to be longer or shorter before the surgery occurs. Sometimes they get surprised and sometimes they frick up. It wouldn't be difficult at all to state that "we expect your surgery to last 2.5 hours and we estimate the cost to be $X."
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