I have done that and seen all of those. I'm thinking at the systemic level. If everyone had to care about prices, then there would be more demand for transparency, and more competition in pricing, which would help even those who are unable or unwilling to price shop.
I also bring up single-payer in a related way because the need to find in-network providers within reasonable distance often is such a limiting factor that price shopping isn't possible.
With single-payer, one could actually choose between all of the providers... in addition to other benefits.
There are websites like ZocDoc which are like yelp for doctors, but they can only do so much because of the lack of price transparency, and lack of ability of consumers to choose doctors out of network.
I also bring up single-payer in a related way because the need to find in-network providers within reasonable distance often is such a limiting factor that price shopping isn't possible.
With single-payer, one could actually choose between all of the providers... in addition to other benefits.
There are websites like ZocDoc which are like yelp for doctors, but they can only do so much because of the lack of price transparency, and lack of ability of consumers to choose doctors out of network.