Woke up with a terrible headache today. I think it's my neck causing the pain because if I hold my head just right the pain subsides. *sigh*
I went to the lab today to get my blood work done. I decided 30 days was too long to wait. 30 days is how long we have till the new insurance plan will kick in. So I looked up the insurance charges from my last blood work and found that it was in the 50-70 dollar range. I could swing that! So I went in. After waiting for forever she started taking my info and when I told her I'd be paying for it she started adding up the charges. 286.00! I was floored! That's not the charges on my statements! Usually they show the actual charge and then the negotiated rate. It didn't have any totals like she was giving me today! So I left. I told my husband I wasn't going to pay that much money. I went back to my doctors office (across the hall) and they told me that they had a special rate if I was "self paying". I paid 45 dollars for the same tests. I had to go to a different lab (two doors down) but the difference was staggering! I'm SO glad I didn't pay what the first lab wanted I'd have been angry about it. PLUS the lab tech told me I looked fabulous! SOLD!
6 comments:
geez....imagine what $286 would do to the results? Blood pressure skyrocketing, would me anyway.
that is just so wrong.
The thought of paying for health care for me as a Brit is unsettling with us having the National Health Service, but having to shop around for blood work and the difference in quotes you received is sickening.
The other key difference between our two countries is that no lab tech has ever told me I look fabulous, I'll be on the next flight over :-)
WOW! That is a HUGE difference. I'm glad you checked before paying that. And I bet you did look fabulous! Hope all is well with your blood work. Keep us posted!
Good thing you checked!
I'm betting the nice compliment made you headache go away and that didn't cost anything!
We received the ambulance bill for Ron's transportation and treatment after the wreck. It was over $2,000!!! They had to call and out-of-area ambulance. Thank God we don't have to pay it.
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