Some Hospitals Marking Up Prices More Than 1,000 Percent

"RESEARCHER: ‘WHAT OTHER INDUSTRY CAN YOU THINK OF THAT MARKS UP THEIR PRICES BY 1,000 PERCENT AND REMAINS IN BUSINESS?’
The 50 hospitals in the United States with the highest markup of prices over their actual costs are charging out-of-network patients and the uninsured, as well as auto and workers’ compensation insurers, more than 10 times the costs allowed by Medicare, new research suggests. It’s a markup of more than 1,000 percent for the same medical services."

http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2015/some-hospitals-marking-up-prices-more-than-1000-percent.html


Looking at the list it appears most of those hospitals are located in the South