You can thank the insurance companies for that too. If you're a self pay they charge only a fraction of what would be actually billed. My brother paid cash for his and the total cost for an MRI of the knee was $285.00 because he negotiated that price because he was paying cash. They told him cash price is $450 and he said I'll pay $285 and they accepted it.
You can thank the insurance companies for that too. If you're a self pay they charge only a fraction of what would be actually billed. My brother paid cash for his and the total cost for an MRI of the knee was $285.00 because he negotiated that price because he was paying cash. They told him cash price is $450 and he said I'll pay $285 and they accepted it.