The problem is a lot of that isn't deterministic. There's a lot of "If Then" sta...

carapace · on Nov 20, 2019

> your procedure is very different if your doctor decides they could use a specialist consult.

The necessity of the specialist consult may be unexpected, but it doesn't follow that the cost of it should be secret or obscure, eh?

The intrinsic unpredictability of health care isn't an excuse for additional unpredictability of cost.

Fomite · on Nov 22, 2019

Agreed, but a lot of people interpret "transparency" as "Your knee surgery will cost $4500", not a flow chart of possible costs.

carapace · on Nov 30, 2019

Sure, but that's their problem, eh?