> By law, we can only charge one price to all payers

My last visit to one medical for a pretty average checkup netted my a bill of ~$450. I checked their website, and saw a price for the same “procedure” for 100. When I called up they said that was the price for uninsured patients who had that procedure and that because I was insured, they were legally compelled to charge me $450. Ultimately the support agent hinted at me to say some magic line about financial hardship so she could lower it to ~250.

As a patient all the doctors and admins are pointing at the insurers and all the insurers are pointing at the doctors and admins.

It’s hard to trust any of you.