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Here is an article about how Sutter Health in California controls pricing and jacks up prices on medical procedures. The article is about 8 months old at this point, but I thought it was interesting

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100825/BUSINESS/8251080?p=1&tpg&tar

Palo Alto Medical Foundation an many other SF bay area medical groups etc are part of Sutter Health, which also operates hospitals.

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