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There's wild differences all in the same city. >> sure. the knee scope. at dartmouth, south, it's about $5,300. in the same region, at st. joseph's hospital, it's about $10,500. >> reporter: so, we all bargain shop for cars and things like that. does it pay to bargain shop for medical services? >> oh, it absolutely does. we're talking about a $5,000 difference, it absolutely makes a lot of sense to do it. >> okay. that is nuts, elizabeth cohen. and i know, okay, so it's worth shopping. but i know how it goes, sometimes you feel you're buying something a little bit more expensive and you're get...

So, a knee scope. at dartmouth, south, it's about $5,300. in the same region, at st. joseph's hospital, it's about $10,500. >> reporter: so, we all bargain shop for cars and things like that. does it pay to bargain shop for medical services? >> oh, it absolutely does. i mean, we're talking about a $5,000 difference. it absolutely makes a lot of sense to do it. >> all right, if you're talking about a $5,000 difference in a procedure, times are tough, you may take that one. how do we compare quality? >> what's interesting is price doesn't really correlate with quality. there you see dartmouth, w...

Right there on the shelf. with medical services people don't know. there's no price tag. >> that's correct. and it's even difficult for consumers to call a facility and ask for the price of services. >> it's actually the reason for these discrepancies is simple, when you go buy a colonoscopy, there's no price tag on it. >> that's correct. >> give me another example of a procedure where there's wild differences all in the same city. >> sure. knee scope. at dartmouth south, it's about $5300. in the same region at st. joseph's hospital, it's about $10,500. >> so we all bargain shop for cars and t...