mr. schaefer got a call. >> mr. schaefer we have adjusted your bill, it will be $700.ow is that. >> reporter: that is a $3,600 savings. >> it was fantastic to have that weight off your shoulders. >> reporter: here's what you need to know, procedure's price is based on the provider fee and facility fee. provider fee goes to your doctors. the facility fee goes to the venue for the room, equipment, the lights. >> we have been told it is facility fees that kill you. >> reporter: facility fees are typically much higher at a hospital outpatient facility, verse a freestanding surgery center. >> it can be dramatic. it could be multiples of two or three times more. >> reporter: for a colonoscopy in the philadelphia air yacht average charge for a surgery center is $1,492. at a hospital, it is $4,626. for cataract removal and insertion of the lens, the average charge by a surgery center is $3,274. compared that to $10,488 at a hospital. and, remember, for his first seven pain injections, he could have paid just $1,050 at his nearby surgery center but instead paid $2,800 to the ho