How much discount could you get from your health insurance when you go to hospital? (Hope it isn't inappropriate to ask?)

How much discount could you get from your health insurance when you go to hospital? (Hope it isn't inappropriate to ask?)
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It’s a negotiation. I had to have an MRI last year as an outpatient in a hospital. The hospital billing office said they would knock 20% off the cost, and let me pay in two installments, if I paid before the test. It would have been full price if I had to be billed.
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