“A statement itemizing charges is also not a good representation of what a hospital actually is paid for performing a procedure. Additionally, Medicare ruled long ago that you could not have a separate line item for nursing care or other required support like kitchen staff, housekeepers, laundry staff, janitorial staff, medical records, IT, doctors, lab personnel, human resources, reception, clerical staff, transcription, billing and coding staff, insurance verification, switchboard operators and the administrators required to ensure that everything runs as smoothly as possible. Not to mention the costs of state-of-the-art medical technology, food, telephone, TV, electricity, linens, pillows, mattresses, beds, cleaning supplies, etc. All of these costs get rolled into the medication, supplies, and procedures listed on a charge statement.”
Comment: Seems like to me all of these costs should be included in the room charge, not meds, supplies (depending on the treatments, and procedures (explains itself).

All this is a lot simpler if you just accept the truth. As you said, there are many “flaws” in the system … and all the people responsible for the system is go along with it. To put it in layman’s terms … it’s all BS!