Stupid DPC Tricks

I'm beginning to see why Direct Primary Care continues to remain a blip on the health care radar (comprising 3% of practices, it's basically a rounding error):

And when they realize that they could have gotten that MRI for $300 instead of $2500, along with their $7500 deductible (which they have never met because we encourage people to stay healthy) then you begin to see why price transparency is important and why insurance fights it. https://t.co/4GPXVsmBca

— John Chamberlain (@misterchambo) April 25, 2018

This is just silly: why would an insurer care how much that hypothetical MRI cost in this example? It's not like they're the ones paying for it. And if the insured has already met their deductible, the carrier has a vested interest in encouraging its insureds to find the lowest price.

I'm becoming less and less enamored of this health care delivery model every day.