When Heather Staples' 6-year-old daughter, Sophia, fell and cut her eyebrow, Staples knew her daughter might need stitches. But instead of running straight to an emergency room, Staples took a few minutes to compare prices at nearby emergency rooms.
"I have a high-deductible plan, so I knew that I would be paying for the charges out of [my own] pocket completely," Staples says. "Price was definitely a concern of mine."
Using a New Hampshire state Web site, she realized the closest emergency room would cost $500 more than an emergency room 20 minutes away। Since Sophia wasn't in immediate danger, Staples made the drive, spending $1,200 instead of $1,700 to treat her daughter.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/04/medical.waste/index.html?hpt=Sbin
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