title: The real price of transparency. Providers must work to give consumers accurate reading of out-of-pocket costs.
authors.affiliation: Healthcare Financial Management Association, Westchester, Ill, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000191:economics*; D017047:Cost Sharing; D003669:Deductibles and Coinsurance; D005251:Fees, Medical; D005382:Financing, Personal; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures; D017722:Hospital Charges; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012954:Societies, Hospital; D014481:United States