Unlike most markets for consumer services in the United States, the health care market generally lacks transparent market-based pricing. Patients are typically not able to comparison shop for medical services based on price, as medical service providers do not typically disclose prices prior to service.
This creates a huge administrative burden and is the basis for much of the litigation between hospitals and insurance companies in the US
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