On learning he needed heart surgery last spring, Larry Shaw’s first question was: How much? The surgeon’s fee, between $1,500 and $2,000, was within Shaw’s means as a self-insured businessman. But the angioplasty, including placement of a thin tube in a clogged artery, would require a one-night hospital stay. He called the closest major medical center to his Dallas home. Estimated charge: …
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