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Watch: Same Providers, Similar Surgeries, But Different Bills

Ely Bair had similar surgeries, at the same hospital, with the same insurer. But he received very different big medical bills. KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins to break down how this could happen to you and what you can do to avoid it. 

Despite having two surgeries with the same doctor, hospital and insurance carrier, Ely Bair got two very different bills. (Jovelle Tamayo for KHN)

A Seattle patient discovers the hard way that you can still hit a lifetime limit for certain types of care. And health plans can vary a lot from one job to the next, even if the insurer is the same.

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