I’ve known this for a long time. I worked at a hospital and parking was huge. Its amazing how many people base their decision to go to a hospital on parking. In some consumer metrics, it’s number one or two. Woe betides the employee who parks in a lot for visitors and patients.
Don’t just blame the hospitals: Patients have stupid reasons for picking one hospital over another, ranging from “I was born there.” to the emergency room wait time in a previous visit. As for hospital pricing transparency, this has always driven me crazy. It insults my intelligence when they pretend they’re some kind of artisanal service and they simply can’t give you a price until they’ve built you some kind of bespoke MRI.
