Hospital Prices No Longer Secret As New Data Reveals Bewildering System, Staggering Cost Differences

Source: Jeffrey Young and Chris Kirkham / The Huffington Post When a patient arrives at Bayonne Hospital Center in New Jersey requiring treatment for the respiratory ailment known as COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, she faces an official price tag of $99,690. Less than 30 miles away in the Bronx, N.Y., the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center [...]