The Costs of a Hip Replacement Vary From Hospital to Hospital
People are advised to comparison shop before undergoing any procedure.
Northeast Georgia residents who need hip replacement surgery should consider shopping around for the hospital and physician with the best price. Prices for hip replacement procedures ranged from about $11,000 to more than $125,000 at 120 hospitals across the United States, according to a new study that made national headlines when it was released in early February. “That’s the equivalent of the same Honda Civic costing different prices at different dealers,” said Dr. Peter Cram, an author of the report published online in Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine. He is a University of Iowa associate professor of internal medicine. Charges for Hip Replacement Vary Widely People in Georgia who are considering hip …
JL Green
2:35 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
This article highlights a long standing healthcare issue: hospitals can not provide pricing, not even averages for any procedure! Now enters consumer based health insurance plans that encourage/forces patients to shop for the best pricing. How can the public shop for services when hospitals refuse to provide pricing as well as mortality and morbidity rates for all procedures? I normally abhor … more ›