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Some Virginia nonprofit hospitals charge patients exorbitant prices while flaunting transparency rules about publishing the prices they charge. Hospitals in Virginia charged patients with private insurance 279% more on average than they charged Medicare patients for the same services, according to a report from the RAND Corp. These opaque and inflated prices directly affect Virginia patients and their families, who too often are left with eye-popping medical bills they can’t afford to pay.
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