For anyone that has tried to make sense of healthcare costs can understand the absurdity that is documented in this article from the New York Times.
Dr. Frost, the anesthesiologist, spent three days in the same hospital and owed only $8, thanks to insurance coverage by United HealthCare. Still, she was baffled by the charges: $6,844, including $546 for six liters of saline that cost the hospital $5.16.
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