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Walking into a hospital has always been a stressful experience, but the sticker shock at discharge is reaching a breaking point. Most patients expect to pay for surgeries, medications, and specialized tests, but the list of billable items has expanded significantly through a process called unbundling. Nurses on the front lines see this shift every day as hospitals move away from inclusive room rates toward charging for individual supplies. This shift matters because hospitals now scan supplies in real time, adding costs to your ledger that were once absorbed as overhead.
