>Hospitals are required to disclose prices publicly, but the latest change would put that information online in machine-readable format that can be easily processed by computers.
Apparently the hospitals have already been required to do this but now it will be online. Also this number will only give the upper bound of the cost since it is considerably negotiated down. What good does it do if they say mending a broken bone costs up to $20k when in reality it is somewhere between 0-$20k depending on insurance and other factors.
Apparently the hospitals have already been required to do this but now it will be online. Also this number will only give the upper bound of the cost since it is considerably negotiated down. What good does it do if they say mending a broken bone costs up to $20k when in reality it is somewhere between 0-$20k depending on insurance and other factors.