Researchers looked at the cash prices, commercial negotiated rates and chargemaster prices disclosed by 2,379 hospitals as of Sept. 9, 2022, per a federal rule that went into effect in 2021.

Discounted cash prices for colonoscopy ranged from $1,273 at UMHS to $1,929 at VMC while discounted prices for a lower limb MRI ranged from $1,247 at UMHS to $3,105 at MGH.

If prices are notably different, there is an arbitrage opportunity between the futures price and the cash price at expiration. Important Investopedia does not provide tax, investment, or financial ...

Prices for the same care can be up to 16-fold different between hospitals, and cash prices are sometimes significantly cheaper than the negotiated prices that insurance companies pay.

A New York law prohibiting merchants from charging extra for credit card transactions might violate the constitutional protection for free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today, in a ...

Bowman says several cities and counties, including Palm Beach County, once had ordinances requiring the visible posting of cash versus credit prices. In 2015, state legislators passed a law ...