Medical Costs Alerts

Patients Being Charged Thousands for Just Sitting in a Hospital ER Room

I read 1,182 emergency room bills this year. Here’s what I learned. By Sarah Kliff, for Vox. A $5,571 bill to sit in a waiting room, $238 eye drops, and a $60 ibuprofen tell the… Read More

Drug Makers Accused of Fixing Prices on Insulin

By Katie Thomas, The New York Times. A lawsuit filed Monday accused three makers of insulin of conspiring to drive up the prices of their lifesaving drugs, harming patients who were being asked to pay for… Read More

Feds Settle Huge Whistleblower Suit Over Medicare Advantage Fraud

By Fred Schulte, KHN News. One of the nation’s largest dialysis providers will pay $270 million to settle a whistleblower’s allegation that it helped Medicare Advantage insurance plans cheat the government for several years. The settlement… Read More

Medical Debt Can Impact Your Credit Score

by Gerri Detweiler, Credit.com. Medical costs are on the rise, and insurance companies are refusing to foot the bills. Millions of people have chronic conditions or medical emergencies that lead to multiple office visits with… Read More

Medical Center Owners Allegedly Double Billed Insurers, Altered Patient Records

By Ayla Ellison, Becker’s Hospital Review. Four people have been charged in an $80 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved providing unnecessary medical treatment to patients, according to the Mid Hudson Valley Patch. According to… Read More

Your Insurance May Not Cover ER Doctors or Anesthesiologists

By Jodie Tillman, the Tampa Bay Times. Even with an in-network hospital, insurance may not cover ER physicians When her husband, Charles, showed signs of heart trouble in January, Donna Baker didn’t hesitate to drive him… Read More

The Chargemaster and the $100 Aspirin

By Abraham Aboraya, the Orlando Business Journal. Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee is the 28th most expensive hospital in the U.S., according to new research. The most expensive hospital in Central Florida isn’t just… Read More

Getting Robbed at the Hospital

By Amanda Buchanan – The Motley Fool. High hospital costs seem to be a fact of life that most Americans have reluctantly come to accept. What most people don’t realize, however, is that not all… Read More

That CT scan costs how much?

Consumer Reports magazine. Health-care prices are all over the map, even within your plan’s network. If gas stations worked like health care, you wouldn’t find out until the pump switched off whether you paid… Read More

The 10 Most Expensive Cities In America For Healthcare

By Natalie Burg – Forbes. Sometimes answering one question leads to a landslide of new inquiries. That’s exactly what happened in June when Castlight Health released data showing wild variations in how much in-network… Read More