New Yorkers in need of medical treatment often choose their hospitals based on a variety of factors: reputation, their practitioners' affiliation or maybe location.But there is one variable that seldom enters the mix: how much hospitals charge for the same service.The lack of transparency has bedeviled patients across the country, sometimes arising in well-publicized stories about overinflated bills for relatively straightforward hospital visits an issue that is particularly troubling for people without insurance.
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