Hospitals are like any other business trying to make a profit; they can ask more from a company like an insurer than they can from an individual. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Kim Daniels didn't have to pay a penny for her double mastectomy or the reconstructive surgery she had after treatment for breast cancer in June 2018. Her health insurance, PennCare, administered through Independence Blue Cross in Pennsylvania, fully covered both procedures.
Knowing that, cost wasn't an issue for Daniels when selecting the type of breast implants. She asked her plastic surgeon at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, “If I were your wife, what would you [choose]?” He went with Mentor MemoryGel implants.
According to Daniels' hospital bill, those implants came with a price tag of $3,500 apiece, or $7,000 total.
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