THE DEFINITION OF PRICE GOUGING!

At Providence, like other hospitals, charges bear no relation to the cost to provide service, according to the 2015 Medicare report. In labor and delivery, Providence charges a 66 percent markup. In the emergency room, the markup is 626 percent of what the service costs. Heart monitoring is charged at 11 times what it costs to provide. In 2015, Providence charged $37 million for drugs that cost $6 million.


---THE DEFINITION OF PRICE GOUGING!