Brooklyn hospitals charge vastly different rates for same procedures
Gov figures released Wednesday
Hospitals across Brooklyn billed drastically different amounts to Medicare for the same procedure, figures released by the government on Wednesday showed. The same billing disparities occurred across the country as well.
While those with Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance may be largely insulated from these price differences, those without insurance – or with high co-payments — may be billed much more for treatment at one hospital than they would at another.
The data released by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) examined the 100 most common treatments at 3,300 hospitals across the country, billed during 2011.