[My Flight Surgeon]

Back to Kristie's comment.

The bills are sky high, especially if oyu don't have insurance. The insurance only pays about half the charges. The whole what is charged game is really a dance with the insurance companies.

If one does not have insurance, they should ask about the cash discount price or negotiate to pay what Medicare pays since that is now the standard for reimbursement.

If one looks at the cost of billing, colelcteing and the insurance "discounts", many places will take half or so if you can pay cash up front.

Crazy, screwed up system.