Prescription for healthcare shopping: Take two aspirins and call me in the morning

[mfcorey1]

Jim Abraham thought he had gotten a great deal at Jackson Memorial Hospital when he was told that a nuclear stress test would cost $1,200. Then he got the bill: $5,500. Why so much more? The staff told him it was because he had insurance.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/06/2254083/prescription-for-healthcare-shopping.html#ixzz1OZghaCQw

[Skittles]

1. it is blatant thievery

[Delphinus]

2. A friend of mine

just yesterday filled a prescription for a generic muscle relaxer. The cost for 60 pills was $1,300! He paid $75. But $1,300! For a generic muscle relaxer!