Dani Yuengling of Conway, South Carolina, researched how much a needle biopsy of a lump in her breast might cost. The hospital website showed it would be about $1,400 for someone without insurance. She reasoned her bill with insurance would be less. Instead, the sticker price was close to $18,000, and she was on the hook for more than $5,000 — the balance of her deductible: https://khn.org/news/article/bill-of-the-month-breast-biopsy-with-insurance/
