Real costs for medicine?

Published: June 25, 2019, 11:47 a.m.

b"President Trump signed an executive order Monday that calls for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common tests and procedures to keep costs down. The idea is to give patients practical information that they can use to help save money. For example, if a hospital charges your insurer $3,500 for a type of echocardiogram and the same test costs $550 in a doctor\\u2019s office, you might go for the lower-price procedure to save on copays. Trump\\u2019s order also requires that patients be told ahead of time what their out-of-pocket costs like deductibles and copays will be for many procedures. ABC's Cheri Preston is following and joins Tony."