High variability in costs of lab test

They Want It to Be Secret: How a Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1,000

Huge price discrepancies like that are unimaginable in other industries. Also unusual: not knowing the fee ahead of time.

NYT story: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/upshot/health-care-huge-price-discrepancies.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage