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aerofour t1_j10qbup wrote

Reply to U.S. hospitals are required to publish their prices for medical procedures now, so my friends and I collected around 2 million prices from 33 hospitals in Maryland and created a search engine where anyone can see how much they may be charged. Let me know what you think! (x-posted from r/Maryland) by Dr_Midnight

It is terrific that this is being done but I don't think it provides the transparency many are seeking. The prices listed (save for out of pocket/uninsured) are the inflated prices that hospitals charge the insurance companies. The insurance companies basically never pay the listed fee but instead pay negotiated fees based on their precedent with the facility. In most cases for insured patients the data presented here will be close to useless.

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addctd2badideas t1_j10q42z wrote

Reply to comment by moderndukes in Is it just me or is Baltimore a bad city for late night food? by word_vomiter

Their main source was the owner of the joint so at the least, they didn't get the other side of the story and took him at his word, which is shitty journalism and not a bit surprising. Though a non-sourced testimonial from a random redditor also might not pass a credibility test, it's certainly more believable than anything that network puts out.

Even if the piece is skewed, it still exemplifies the unintended consequences of trying to have a non-alcoholic establishment for late night food when there's both legitimate and non-legitimate perceptions of the city being a violent place.

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