Look before you leap - or move.

Here is a piece on recently released health care cost data regarding hospital billing rates for various procedures.  It is a long slog of an article, but slide to the bottom and you will see an interactive tool to see comparisons by state (you select the state) to the national high, low and average costs.  While this pertains to what the hospital will bill Medicare for these procedures, it might be an indicator of relative costs for other healthcare services.  This is one more tool in selecting where you wish to eld, or at least being informed about the cost of elding in your chosen region.

Michael



One hospital charges $8,000 — another, $38,000
By: Sarah Kliff
Consumers on Wednesday will finally get some answers about one of modern life's most persistent mysteries: how much medical care actually costs. For the first time, the federal government will release the prices that hospitals charge for the 100 most … Continue reading →