Her Doctor’s Office Moved 1 Floor Up. Why Did Her Treatment Cost 10 Times More?

For one Ohio Medicare patient, the same pain-relieving steroid shot that used to cost her about $30 went up to more than $300 just because her doctor started giving it in a hospital-affiliated clinic instead of her former office.

Same building. Same procedure. Same doctor. But there was an extra “facility fee” because the location changed slightly. A shot that used to cost her about $30 went up to more than $300.

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Lauren Weber