The hospital charged less than the going rate for the shot and accepted Medicare cards.

State law limits what hospitals can charge, which makes it difficult for them to pass on their costs to insurers and patients.

Previously, the payments were simply based on what the hospital charged.

A hospital pays about $80 a dose and may charge more.

But at the same time, doctors and hospitals have been charging sharply higher rates.

His fee was $1,300, and the hospital charged $256.85 for use of the laser.

The hospital charged the patients half the price of outside labs, he said, but two months later the equipment was broken.

The accused was under a duty to provide the information so that the hospital could charge properly.

I hear it's terrible what hospitals and doctors charge these days.

The money is taken out of fees that hospitals charge Medicare and private patients.