Read the full story here Web Link posted Sunday, September 17, 2017, 1:20 PM
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El Camino Hospital unveils price calculator
Original post made on Sep 18, 2017
Read the full story here Web Link posted Sunday, September 17, 2017, 1:20 PM
Comments (3)
Posted by cafehunk
a resident of Shoreline West
on Sep 18, 2017 at 2:32 pm
a resident of Shoreline West
on Sep 18, 2017 at 2:32 pm
"Estimates" are nearly useless. Firm price quotations are necessary.
Posted by Common Sense Too
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Sep 18, 2017 at 2:59 pm
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a resident of Blossom Valley
on Sep 18, 2017 at 2:59 pm
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They make you enter all your insurance info (name, group #, individual #) only then to produce the list of services for which they provide a cost estimate!
FYI - It's ONLY THESE!
Colonoscopy
EKG - EEG
Lab
Maternity
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Prenatal Diagnostic Center
Radiology/Imaging
Speech Therapy
Would have been helpful if this article or their website had provided this info UPFRONT!
Posted by Better than before
a resident of Waverly Park
on Sep 18, 2017 at 8:12 pm
a resident of Waverly Park
on Sep 18, 2017 at 8:12 pm
The hospital is obviously trying. Do other hospitals do this?
@ Cafehunk: They cannot possibly give you an exact amount. Were you able to even get an estimate before? When you get your car serviced, you only get an estimate! C'mon.
@ Common Sense Too: You wrote down 9 items...unless each of those have 9 sub-categories, you missed about 71 other items. The article says there are 80 items that they can estimate.
By the way, was there an estimate for even 1 last year? How about at the other hospitals? I have no idea, 'cuz I have never heard of this before...does Stanford give an estimate online?
Everyone is very negative...even when a company is trying to do something good! What a shame. Why should they even try?
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