All hosptials and physicians charge the private pay patient well above what is "reasonable and customary". They see this as a way to make up for treating no pays. If you have no insurance (or your insurance does not cove the service), always, I repeat, always negotiate with the provider. If they get something like the BCBS rate they well be pleased. Bad debt writeoffs on private pay patients are over 90%, in my experience.
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