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Baffled Consumers Seek Help Understanding Medical Bills as Rising Costs Vary Widely Among Hospitals
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July 22, 2013
"Until recently, [one patient's] doctor charged about $500 for a treatment, with Medicare paying $216.82. Her share, once she met a small annual deductible, was $50.70 for the treatment plus $60 for her 40 mg dose of gamma globulin. In January, she went to the same doctor in the same office for the same treatment. This time the bill was a whopping $19,235.07. Medicare paid $2,623.16. Her share: $655.80. The staggering increase wasn't the result of some technological breakthrough or new medical complication. Rather, her hematologist sold his practice to Nyack Hospital."

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