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At a time when regulators are attempting to crack down on surprise medical billing, many hospitals are adding billions of dollars in facility fees to medical bills for routine care in outpatient centers they own. These fees raise patient prices by hundreds of dollars for widely used and standard medical care such as colonoscopies, mammograms and heart screenings, a Wall Street Journal investigation found.
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