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A woman was billed $809 by a UCLA-affiliated clinic for a plastic boot for her broken foot. She found the exact same boot on Amazon for $80. Which is to say, she was being charged a nearly 1,000% markup.
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McAlester Regional Health Center tacked on $193 for a room charge, nearly doubling the patient’s original bill for a checkup.
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In 2021, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia delivered a record $7.7 million pay package the facility’s CEO, despite the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on the healthcare industry.
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