Health Plan Charges Up To $1,000 More For ‘High-Cost’ Hospitals

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Human Resources Manager
Adcole Corporation

Health Plan Charges Up To $1,000 More For ‘High-Cost’ Hospitals

02/14/2011

BOSTON — Many of us go to the state’s most expensive hospitals without realizing it. Maybe it’s where you’ve always gone, maybe it’s peace of mind, maybe it’s where you feel you’ll get the best care. But you may soon — if not already — have to pay for that choice.

The state’s largest insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, is out with a plan that charges members more — as much as $1,000 more — when they check-in or have tests at one of 15 hospitals Blue Cross calls “high-cost.”