- Some have found that persistence pays when negotiating with medical providers.
- Many hospitals and doctor’s charge as much as they can get insurance companies to pay for.
- While trivial charges may be immaterial to insurance companies, thousands can be saved by challenging charges (ie women with breast cancer gene for charged more for conventional mammogram) or simply saying you can’t afford to pay.
- “The US is the only place where there are 1,000 different prices for a chest x-ray”.
