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Hospital monopolies ruin MRI bill as Sutter gets price it wants
After Mark Logsdon tore a ligament in his knee skiing at Lake Tahoe in March, he returned home to suburban Sacramento...
CA sets rates for new high-risk plan
One of the first new programs in the Obama administration’s massive health care overhaul will start next month in...
NY attorney general probes healthcare credit card practices
The state Attorney General's office has issued subpoenas to 10 healthcare providers statewide, including two with...
Could price shopping lower costs and improve healthcare?
The Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010 would require healthcare providers—hospitals, physicians...
Web Exclusive: New CMS Dashboard the Start of More Health Cost, Quality Transparency
A public Web site introduced this week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has a dashboard that will...
Web Exclusive: Catholic Investors Want Health Companies to Disclose Executive Pay
U.S. health, drug, insurance, and biotech companies should publicly disclose their executive pay packages, say 30...
Magazine: Out of the Shadows
Price transparency remains elusive, but that doesn’t stop providers and payers from trying.
Medical care pricing a tangled web
The cost of surgery for a spinal fusion of the lower back in southeastern Wisconsin can range from $25,000 to more than...
The cost of hospital care is difficult to pin down
In health-policy circles, there has been a lot of talk in recent years about "consumer-directed health care" and "price...
Patients at Ohio hospitals can get $100 to reveal hospital bills
Alliance (OH) Community Hospital has announced that it will offer patients from the Ohio-based facilities Mercy Medical...