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It has been common for hospitals to raise their chargemaster rates substantially each year in an effort to win higher reimbursement rates from health insurers. But the practice falls hard on uninsured patients, because most hospitals give no more than a 20-percent discount to the uninsured.
Indianapolis Business Journal staff (October 24, 2011). "Judge slaps IU health over billing uninsured patients". Indianapolis Business Journal (Indianapolis Business Journal Corp.) 32 (34): p. 13A. | ||