chargemasters
chargemasters is the plural of chargemaster.
Meaning of chargemaster
Noun
chargemaster (plural chargemasters)
- A comprehensive list maintained by a hospital of prices of goods and services it will bill to its patients and their respective health insurers.
- The patient faced bankruptcy because she couldn't pay off the hundreds of thousands of dollars accrued from her hospital bill, including a price from the chargemaster for a single acetaminophen pill at ten times the cost for the same pill over-the-counter at a pharmacy.
Questions about chargemasters
- What is chargemasters the plural of?
- Chargemasters is the plural of chargemaster.
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