Great solution. I hope this will make asking about costs at the hospital more normal!
I once went to a doctor for vaccinations before traveling. The nurse said "You need X, I recommend Y, and the CDC recommends Z." I responded "great, let's get X right now. Not sure about Y or Z - how much do they cost?"
The question just didn't compute. No matter how I phrased it ("just want to price compare" ... "there's a bunch of travel clinics and I'm trying to get this cheaply" etc), I couldn't make myself understood.
The NP ended up coming in to give me their "anti-vax" spiel. I had walked in to a hospital wanting a vaccine, and asking about costs was so foreign to them that they thought the only reason I could hesitate to get a vaccine was anti-vax sentiment.
All this to say - this tool is very much needed, and has the potential to do a lot of good!
I once went to a doctor for vaccinations before traveling. The nurse said "You need X, I recommend Y, and the CDC recommends Z." I responded "great, let's get X right now. Not sure about Y or Z - how much do they cost?"
The question just didn't compute. No matter how I phrased it ("just want to price compare" ... "there's a bunch of travel clinics and I'm trying to get this cheaply" etc), I couldn't make myself understood.
The NP ended up coming in to give me their "anti-vax" spiel. I had walked in to a hospital wanting a vaccine, and asking about costs was so foreign to them that they thought the only reason I could hesitate to get a vaccine was anti-vax sentiment.
All this to say - this tool is very much needed, and has the potential to do a lot of good!