CT Scan

GordoSD · Jul 4, 2016

I just read a link_disallowedcare horror story. Lady in San Jose was billed 16K for few tests and an IV in the hospital. The CT scan was $9000. She fought it and got it reduced by half.

504 · Jul 4, 2016

I had one six weeks ago, and the bill was $1,500.00. Columbia MO

smallercrawler · Jul 4, 2016

Family friend had one done on an outpatient basis by a medical "imaging" group that specializes in only MRI and CT scans, no other services. She said the office manager wouldn't quote a ballpark "no insurance" cost, but a tech guessed somewhere around $5-6k (+/-) for the CT scan; MRIs were "much" higher.

RBoots · Jul 4, 2016

Funny how you can talk then down a little on price sometimes. A buddy had a fishing hook jerked through the bone of his finger where the point was just under the skin on the opposite side. He tried like heck to get it to move with pliers but couldn't get enough leverage. He didn't have insurance at the time, so didn't want to go to the doctor, but had to. He was up north and went to a ready med clinic. He first asked them how much it would cost, and they told him $250. He didn't think that was bad, so he had them remove it. He paid them the $250 and a couple weeks later got a statement saying he still owed them $500 more! He was hot! So he called them and asked what it was all about, and told them they told him it would only be $250, and they said they made a mistake, but they would settle for $450. He fought and fought with them, but in the end had to end up paying the additional $200 so they wouldn't turn it in to collections. How does $250 go to $450 when it only took half an hour and there was no special "surgery" performed?

notjustair · Jul 4, 2016

My doctor has a sign at the counter - bills are reduced 30% for those paying out of pocket. No wonder my insurance is so high.

Keith Molden · Jul 4, 2016

One night in the hospital to get a stint put in V.A. was billed 62000.00 for the hospital-not including the stint, doctor or any other care. V.A. paid 12000.00 & the lady I talked to thought that was normal charges. I just can't understand how a bed is that expensive especially when I couldn't get any rest for the nurses waking me up LOL (the nurses were pretty darned cute tho). This was at a non V.A. hospital

JerryS · Jul 5, 2016

Couple of years ago I went in to my family doctor for annual routine wellness check. When I took off my shirt in the exam room I noticed a big speck-back tick just under my shoulder blade. Tried to reach him, but my arm had too much belly to reach around. When the doc came in I asked him if he would pinch that tick off my back. He said he would, but later.

Later he led me down to the surgery room, stretched me out and turned on the big light, put on a mask and a monocle. He heated the tick up with some sort of device, then very carefully tweezed it off and dropped it in a surgical pan like it was a diseased kidney. He used alcohol to wash the divot where the tick had been dining, then covered it with a Band-aid.

Being just an old country boy I had removed hundreds of ticks in my lifetime, but none with so much ceremony. I guess I just didn't realize the medical complexities involved. Anyway, when my insurance statement came in the mail I noticed Blue Cross was charged $250 for "...excise and disposal of subcutaneous foreign object", or some such words. Even I was struck by what a close call I must have had.

Phil Scarborough · Jul 5, 2016

I showed this thread to a friend of mine, I am 70 years old, he is much younger and still working. We do not understand how you manage illness in the USA. Recently, both he and I suffered an infection in the bladder. We have different doctors, hospitals etc. Within a week, I had X-rays, blood tests, ultra sound scans, a camera into the bladder and CT-scans, all at no immediate cost. He pays compulsory health insurance via the English tax system, I do not because of my age. He also was seen within 1week. Antibiotics were prescribed, we are both now well, no further cost to either of us. Presumably, in the USA, health insurance is necessary, is it compulsory? What happens if you are retired as I am, or out of work or a child?

dhermesc · Jul 5, 2016

Because well over half the people without insurance will simply throw the bill in the trash and never pay any of it. If you knew you had less than a 50% chance of collecting from an identifiable group of people what would you do?

mj · Jul 5, 2016

(quoted from post at 17:23:53 07/04/16) I had one six weeks ago, and the bill was $1,500.00. Columbia MO

I saw a story about a doctor in California that catered to 'poor folks', aka: 'street people' and he only charged what it cost him for the electricity required for a CT scan. He said it was, at that time, [b:d56dc53e04]$3.50[/b:d56dc53e04] (that story was done in 2014). :shock:

Ozlander · Jul 5, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:01:13 07/05/16)

(quoted from post at 17:23:53 07/04/16) I had one six weeks ago, and the bill was $1,500.00. Columbia MO

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I saw a story about a doctor in California that catered to 'poor folks', aka: 'street people' and he only charged what it cost him for the electricity required for a CT scan. He said it was, at that time, [b:2239489b03]$3.50[/b:2239489b03] (that story was done in 2014). :shock:

Somebody has to pay for that machine.

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