Interesting article in Modern Healthcare on how some hospitals and health systems are starting to review and revise their prices to make themselves more attractive to individual consumers who increasingly experience sticker shock when they pay for services out of pocket under high-deductible health plans. Part of that effort involves analyzing how much those services actually cost to deliver, something providers have rarely done before.
Read more: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151205/MAGAZINE/312059981/hospitals-rethink-prices-as-patients-grow-more-cost-conscious