Even patients are shocked by the prices their insurers will pay — and it costs all of us
By Elisabeth Rosenthal Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pa., went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was billed to her insurer for about $100,000. Jamie Estrada of Albuquerque, N.M., twice received injections of lidocaine in…
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