I'm on Medicare and Blue Cross, but a hospital bill was sent to me for some reason (I don't usually see them), and I was stunned. My paper "johnny" was $65. Each pair of latex gloves in the OR was billed at $14. I could go on, but why bother? Recent coverage of outrageous hospital billing reveals that hospitals use a price list that has no relation to the actual cost of items they bill to patients/insurance companies.
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