Here is how it works. One employer noticed that it was paying between $20,000 and $120,000
for a single surgery. The employer said it would pay up to $30,000 for the procedure, and identified 41 hospitals that charged less than this. Patients were free to go to higher priced hospitals, but they had to pay the difference.
Guess what happened next:
Half of the
high-price hospitals cut their rates, many by a considerable amount....Across all hospitals,
prices charged to Calpers for joint-replacement surgery declined by 26%
in the first year and by even more in the second.
HT: Nick
Interesting to see the Stossel video state that laser eye surgery is generally not covered by insurance plans. . . and somehow have reduced in price over the years. Seems like this should also be possible for MRI's and other procedures that have been around for ages.
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