Heart surgery at Swedish Medical Center's Cherry Hill hospital is, on average, more than three times as expensive as it is at Virginia Mason Medical Center, about a mile away, according to a government report issued Wednesday.
The federal report breaks out the cost of the 100 most common inpatient procedures at hospitals around the country. As if your last hospital bill wasn't confusing enough, this new information may have you wondering if the price tag would have been less painful at a competing…
Heart surgery at Swedish Medical Center's Cherry Hill hospital is, on average, more than three times as expensive as it is at Virginia Mason Medical Center, about a mile away, according to a government report issued Wednesday.
The federal report breaks out the cost of the 100 most common inpatient procedures at hospitals around the country. As if your last hospital bill wasn't confusing enough, this new information may have you wondering if the price tag would have been less painful at a competing…