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Hospital 'facility fees' boosting medical bills, and not just for hospital care

By Fred Schulte

Medicare budget-cutters are targeting extra charges by hospitals

Excerpts from this story referencing "Outpatient surgery":

"… ents in advance about facility fees.·       Outpatient surgery centers where doctors perform routine operations. The centers can charge f …"