Would a doctors' bill be more expensive in a big city or a small town, or will it be about the same. If you had to have surgery would you perfer a doctor in a small town or big city?
2007-02-12 09:39:38 · 4 answers · asked by Tim 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
It depends what you're having done. Some surgeries may be more in a city because there are more specialists. However, the U.S. goverment pays more for patient visits at rural clinics that meet certain guidelines -- the physicians actually get paid more for the same office visit -- so Medicare and Medicaid reimberse MORE for qualifying rural clinics.
Personally -- I wouldn't want to have surgery in a TINY town, but a small sized city may have just as good of care for a ROUTINE procedure a city. However, if it's very complicated -- leave it to the specialists in the cities.
2007-02-12 12:14:28 · answer #1 · answered by Maggie K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
General rule of thumb...
Big City Big Money
Small Town, small money
The quality probably depends on the doctor, but you have more chances to find a better doctor in a big city.
2007-02-12 09:48:37 · answer #2 · answered by Santa Barbara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah they might be cheaper in smaller cities but they would also have less experience and a lesser quality of work, it's your life/health, don't be cheap about it
2007-02-16 08:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by ndfwhfi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the doctor
2007-02-12 09:42:11 · answer #4 · answered by Dr Universe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋