>>>Why was the first version so much more expensive?
>>>Insurance covered the cost - I had no motivation to shop, nor actually any power to do so.
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>>I can confirm this. This is applicable to most of our US clients. The self - pay procedures are at most half of the insured ones.
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>Is that true with pharmaceuticals?
>I opted into the Medicare prescription drug progam because the gross prices were lower than my prices.
>As I saw it, if Joe Schlomiel buys a given drug and is not a member of any plan, he pays more than a member of a plan- even if the plan pays no portion.
>Am I incorrect?

I do not know from the top of my head whether it applies to drugs but it definately applies to the procedures.