We all know that, if you want to go into the details then go for it. I don't care. I can't help it if the union is in bed with the healthcare provider.
I was just trying to get you to understand that a procedure that costs 500 bucks at one place should not cost over 6 grand for the same procedure at another hospital just because of the location. There has to be other factors or someone is just milking the system.
The cash price for a lower-back MRI without dye ranges from $475 at the Castro Valley Open MRI to a whopping $6,221 at the University of California, San Francisco at Mt. Zion.