"Chargemasters contain laughably high prices that hospital administrators don’t even try to justify. (They don’t seem …"

"However, I quickly found that although every hospital has a chargemaster, officials treat it as if it were an eccentr…"

"The higher the chargemaster markup over cost, the greater the potential for profit."

"Handing consumers hospital chargemasters to help them 'shop' for the best deal is about as useful as handing them a s…"

"Do you have any idea how much your hospital laboratory charges for an outpatient urinalysis? I didn't until recently,…"

"California is a unique state in that all hospitals are required to submit a copy of their chargemasters, which the st…"

"It has been common for hospitals to raise their chargemaster rates substantially each year in an effort to win higher…"

"What a hospital is actually paid by an MCO, Medicare, or Medicaid is rarely even close to what is listed on the charg…"

"Of particular importance, other than in Maryland, hospitals are generally free to charge whatever they want in their …"

"JPS doesn't publicize its costs or charges. Its chargemaster, which lists prices for thousands of different services,…"