Regional Vice President of Sales The Retirement Plan Company
|
Bates & Company, Inc.
|
AimPoint Pension
|
Loan & Distribution Specialist AimPoint Pension
|
Defined Benefit Combo Cash Balance Compliance Consultant Loren D. Stark Company (LDSCO)
|
Compass
|
“BenefitsLink continues to be the most valuable resource we have at the firm.”
-- An attorney subscriber
How Much to Deliver a Baby? Charges Vary Widely by Hospital
Kaiser Health News Jan. 16, 2014
"Comparing nearly 110,000 uncomplicated births and Caesarean sections, researchers found the lowest charge for a vaginal birth involving an average woman was $3,296, while the highest was $37,227. For an uncomplicated Caesarean delivery, the lowest charge was about $8,312, while the highest was $70,908.... The researchers found that hospitals charged more if they were located in areas with a higher cost of living, treated sicker populations or were for-profit institutions. But the differences in hospital characteristics only explained about a third of the difference in the charges[.]"
|
Please click here to report this link if it is broken (for example, if you see a "404 File Not Found" error message after you click on the linked news item's title). |
An important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® created this link to the news item, but we are not the news item's author (unless expressly shown above). |