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American hospitals are making billions of dollars by charging unsuspecting patients so-called 'facility fees' for routine check ups in outpatient centers.
A new Wall Street Journal report examines the frustration afflicting everyday Americans who are unwittingly being billed hundreds of extra dollars that will go toward a hospital's overhead costs.
The fees are becoming unavoidable, according to the Journal, as hospitals continue a pattern of steady acquisitions of medical practices.
The fees significantly inflate the cost of standard medical procedures, including mammograms, colonoscopies, and heart exams by hundreds of dollars.
A new Wall Street Journal report examines the frustration afflicting everyday Americans who are unwittingly being billed hundreds of extra dollars in 'facility fees'
Facility fees, which generally amount to essentially charging an individual for use of the room in which they meet with their medical practitioner, are used to offset the cost of running a hospital
Hospitals claim the facility fees, which generally amount to essentially charging an individual for use of the room in which they meet with their medical practitioner, are necessary to offset the cost of federal regulations.
Outpatient service facility fees help hospitals afford services such as neonatal ICUs, so the argument goes.
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