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Gallbladder surgery might cost a commercially insured patient $1,418.04 at one hospital or as much as $13,469 for the surgery at another, leaving a price difference of 850%.
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The most expensive hospitals charge up to 12 times more than affordable hospitals ask patients to pay for a simple urinalysis. Hospitals also inflated their $1,167.23 median commercial price for a CT scan of the brain by 976% from Medicare’s $108.44 median rate.
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Research from the California Attorney General shows people in Northern California pay thousands of dollars more for certain hospital procedures than those in the southern part of the state. Hospital care for a heart attack cost around $25,000 in San Francisco, but closer to $15,000 in parts of Los Angeles. A doctor’s visit for a common cold cost $205 in San Francisco, compared to as low as $122 in Los Angeles.
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