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Americas Healthcare is fucking stupid. “We can remove one polyp through your cervix in a 30-minute outpatient procedure.” Great! Then gets billed $33,090.84. FOR LITERALLY WHAT.

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Anonymous 7w

Yes let’s charge $5000 for sticking a cotton swab up your body and pricking your finger. Paying overcharged prices for basic living is the epitome of the American system

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Anonymous 7w

Hi OP, Ask if it’s insured and fully covered. They should be able to tell you and get it in writing. Then what happens is the doctor will still bill you and you basically have to be ready to say it isn’t due to you and know the law.

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Anonymous 7w

our healthcare system and everything around it makes me so mad. I had to fight w my insurance and local foundations to see a neurologist who specializes in just epilepsy (spent his residency only researching epilepsy) because my old neurologist just said “yeah idk why you’re still having 100 seizures a month, not my problem”, then my epilepsy specialist said I was taking the wrong medication combo lmaaooo. I went from 100 a month to ~40 a year. Not completely seizure free but a huge improvement

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Anonymous 7w

And unfortunately because of the way this country works, there is zero chance it will ever change

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Anonymous 7w

Not related to cost, although it was really fucking expensive, I remember my mom had a straight up uterine hemorrhage (which was literally documented on her chart) and the insurance later said we’d have to pay the ER bill in full because it could’ve been “normal menstrual activity” 🤦‍♀️

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Anonymous 7w

ask them for an itemized bill and if you can get a discount

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Anonymous 7w

You mean the insurance

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Anonymous 7w

Sometimes you can call and get an itemized bill and they have to list out everything so sometimes your bill actually goes down

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Anonymous 7w

Bait

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Anonymous

#1 7w

Nope. The drs office. They want to charge $33,090.84 for a single polyp removal procedure. My insurance is covering 92% of it. And that’s another issue. But the biggest thing is that a simple procedure is $33,000.

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Anonymous

OP 7w

Then why are you complaining if the cost that you are paying is still reasonable

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Anonymous

#1 7w

I still have to pay $3000 for basically a skin tag to be removed from my uterus. In order to not feel like my insides are being stabbed every month when I get cramps.

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Anonymous

#1 7w

In this economy, $3000 out of pocket for 30 minutes is not reasonable. If I have to pay that. I can’t eat or pay rent for 3 months.

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Anonymous

twirling_tornado 7w

They gave me an itemized bill. The charged $20,000 for the polyp removal. When the national average for it, is $5,000-$6000. So they overcharged by a lot. They also have 3 separate charges for anesthesia.

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Anonymous

#5 7w

The best part. They couldve removed this polyp 4 months ago when I had an SIS procedure done. The doctor literally said “oh I was gonna just cut it, but you might not even need it removed.” Then proceeded to tell me AFTER that I needed this separate procedure.

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Anonymous

#7 7w

In California, surprise billing isn’t allowed. Other states may not have that but there is recourse when you have it in writing. Basically to deal with doctors today is knowing the small claims and civil courts. Also letting it ding your credit in the meantime as you dispute it and get it erased.

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Anonymous

OP 7w

Holy shit. I would look into other places to get the procedure done if they’re gonna be scalping you that much

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Anonymous

#8 7w

The one place I got banned from (because I refused to take a diabetic medication when I’m not diabetic) the other told me I had to take birth control, and when I said no. They kicked me out and now this is the only other office near me

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Anonymous

OP 7w

You were put to sleep for it no?

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Anonymous

#1 7w

I’m supposed to be. But there’s 3 charges. $1,000 for one, $4,350 for another and $600 for another. Turns out. One is for the nurse, one is for the anesthesiologist, and the other is the actual price of the anesthesia.

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Anonymous

twirling_tornado 7w

Update. Called them and they said that the surgery itself is actually only supposed to be $13,367. But because they have a contract with the insurance company, they charge more. “You pay less” and then they get a bigger payout. But then they also said that I’m also getting a separate bill from the doctor.

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Anonymous

#7 7w

OP, you can also get your state’s attorney general’s office involved! They exist to help with things like this!

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Anonymous

#14 7w

Already did that, the price stayed the same.

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Anonymous

OP 7w

Pretty normal for an outpatient procedure that you are put to sleep for ngl

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Anonymous

#15 7w

THATS WHAT I WAS TOLD FOR A UTERINE CYST BURSTING

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Anonymous

#1 7w

Okay. But $33,000+ for what. I’m not even under full anesthesia. It’s a twilight

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Anonymous

OP 7w

I read about this for years. A dentist for example can run credit on a patient and see their limit is 10k. So they’ll justify the procedures to max out that limit. Universities do the same but eye the parents pockets and seek to max them out. All that is illegal because prices are based on market and not asset stripping. Doctors are doing this too and lawmakers now call this surprise billing.

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Anonymous

#7 7w

The national average for the procedure is $5,000. But they have it listed as $20,000. They for sure up their prices to max out that limit

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