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Underpayment is a few percent of hospital revenues. It's a component of costs for sure, but only a small one.

https://www.aha.org/factsheet/2019-01-02-uncompensated-hospi...

My understanding is that you would usually pay the price set by the agreement your insurance has, even if they deny coverage of it.