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Blue Cross North Carolina’s Price Tool Could Shake Up Medical Industry

By John Murawski and Ann Doss Helms, Charlotte Observer February 4, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The state’s largest insurer is the latest to pull back the veil of secrecy shrouding health care costs by publishing prices for more than 1,200 non-emergency procedures.

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