Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000
The disappointing thing to me is all the time spent on this case: lawyers, administrators, jury members, and so on that could be doing something different, hopefully more meaningful to society.<p>People blame the hospitals but this the game they have to play in order to cover their costs [1]. Just seems like a tremendous waste of resources and social cost.<p><a href="https://truecostofhealthcare.org/hospital_financial_analysis/" rel="nofollow">https://truecostofhealthcare.org/hospital_financial_analysis...</a>