Fifty hospitals in the United States are charging uninsured consumers more than 10 times the actual cost of patient care, according to research published Monday.…50 U.S. hospitals mark up prices 1000 percent for some patients, study finds [POST]
(An interesting fact raised in the article is that there are about 5,000 hospitals in the U.S. — confirmed here, which says 5,686.)
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