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New Report Finds Variation In Hospital Billings For Non-Insured…

Health & Fitness – An investigation into hospital charges in the United States has revealed that uninsured patients are charged more than three times than those who are insured. The two-year study, appearing in the May issue of the journal Health Affairs, examined hospital charges between 1984 and 2004 and found that hospital patients without health insurance and ot

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Great story, and from what hospital bills I have audited I know this to be true. In one case the bill was more than twice what a managed care plan would have paid.

Another big culprit in hospital overcharges are out of network bills. Watch out for those also.

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