> Yes what kind of procedure is needed often is known in advance. The details often only emerge after it's been started though. Just because it's routine does not at all mean it's all predictably-in-advance the same throughout, except for really basic stuff, which in turn is unlikely to be the big cost driver.
I dunno that I'd call a broken leg "really basic stuff".
This is what I responded to and what I quoted in my original post:
> "Here is the cash price. We won't know your HDHP insurance price until after we bill them, which could be good for you or could be bad."
So, yeah, the supplier currently knows in advance what it costs to fix a broken leg. There is no reason for the price of more mundane medical care to be opaque at all.
I dunno that I'd call a broken leg "really basic stuff".
This is what I responded to and what I quoted in my original post:
> "Here is the cash price. We won't know your HDHP insurance price until after we bill them, which could be good for you or could be bad."
So, yeah, the supplier currently knows in advance what it costs to fix a broken leg. There is no reason for the price of more mundane medical care to be opaque at all.