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These are sticker prices, used for anchoring expectations during negotiations with insurance companies. i.e. if your initial offer to the insurance company was $330, you'd get an actual rate of $25; whereas if your initial offer to the insurance company was $25, you'd get $20.

The problem is that if you don't have insurance, you are charged these total fantasy prices - which is part of why being uninsured in the US is about so much more than just being on the hook for catastrophic costs.




Sure, it's $330 because I have a high deductible plan (it's all my employer offers and they do provide a generous HSA).

Of course the clinic knows I have insurance so only offers the "insured rate".

It's insane.




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