Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us By Elisabeth Rosenthal March 3, 2026

Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us By Elisabeth Rosenthal March 3, 2026 https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/insurers-pay-high-prices-premiums-coinsurance-cost-control-inflation-patients/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_vesChVgFyCHe8_a1VeuS5TRJvaUd6mHhTf7OyJNq2S4UcFbPcNQspq7IjjKfR2gnoWSRsi3OfqQuMs86XTDlk1uXqSQ&_hsmi=406627076&utm_content=406627076&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Even Patients Are Shocked By The Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All Of Us Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was billed to her insurer for about $100,000. (Rosenthal, 3/3)