One hospital charges $8,000 - another, $38,000
One hospital charges $8,000 - another, $38,000:
Consumers on Wednesday will finally learn some answers about one of modern life’s most persistent mysteries: how much medical care actually costs.
For the same operation, in the same town, On The Same Street(!) the difference between hospitals for the same operation is $120,000 dollars. Have “pneumonia, with no complications”? Depending on where you live, the cost can range by almost $120,000 there too.