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>> these are some of the bills i received. >> reporter: hospital care at a staggering cost. >> roughly $545,000. >> reporter: medical bills adding up, blamed in 60% of personal bankruptcies. >> it was seven pages. >> reporter: that's atlanta mom tracey rutt, who rushed to the hospital for an urgent gallbladder surgery. >> line after line. >> we dug deeper into her bill. one blood pressure pill $15. surgical stapler $895. disposable scissor tip $177. total cost of three nights in the hospital, nearly $40,000. >> what was it like the first time that you saw this? it was shocking. >> reporter: th...
It to tracey's bill line by line. that $15 blood pressure pill, hospitals can buy it for just three cents. and it turns out the north side hospital system, whose ceo makes $2.1 million a year, has been criticized before by a consumer advocacy group for it's inflated pricing. >> i want to pay my bill but not overpay. >> reporter: in this month's special edition of the journal of the american medical association, a panel of experts across the country takes a critical look at our nation's health care system. we asked dr. moses why hospital pricing is so secretive. who's keeping it from the light ...