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    Wow!

    Keep your health insurance if you can afford it. My wife had spinal surgery on her neck. Fused c4 thru c7 I think. Over night in hospital and sent home by 10am the next day. I was shocked at the statement. Hope it is all covered.
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    #2
    Wow x2

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      #3
      Wow is right!

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        #4
        We spend so much money on these third world peasants it’s no wonder hospitals take it out on the rest of us.

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          #5
          I had a lower lumbar spinal fusion several years ago. It was a work injury. Somehow they sent me an itemized bill for over $400k. I was on the phone quick. You should get an itemized bill. The plastic jug they hung in the side of the bed was over $50

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            #6
            Originally posted by flywise View Post
            We spend so much money on these third world peasants it’s no wonder hospitals take it out on the rest of us.
            This chit right here ! It’s disgusting !

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              #7
              I thought this was going to be a thread on SETI's Wow signal, but WOW!

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                #8
                So insurance paid $3700 on a $142,000 bill?

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                  #9
                  Medical billing is disgustingly fraudulent

                  Had twins in NICU for 5 weeks. “Services rendered”?? 1.1M per kid.

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                    #10
                    Hitting that deductible is my guess.


                    Originally posted by Dirt Napper View Post
                    So insurance paid $3700 on a $142,000 bill?

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Dirt Napper View Post
                      So insurance paid $3700 on a $142,000 bill?

                      That’s the first thing that caught my eye too!!!!

                      Bisch


                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

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                        #12
                        Medicare paid for most all of it...is my take on it.

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                          #13
                          Can you provide more info? Is Medicare the primary payor, or do you have a Medicare advantage/replacement plan? Is the EOB a Medicare EOB or is it from the "secondary" insurance plan? An EOB is not a bill. Seems like there's missing info. Medicare covers 80%, if primary, leaving a 20% coinsurance. 20% on $142,000 is $28,400. So the "secondary" pays $1500? Remember, the docs can bill you whatever they want, but it boils down to contracted payment rates.

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                            #14
                            Yes, the billing is crazy and almost indecipherable.

                            Methodist, then MD Anderson, combined, billed well over $1 million during my wife’s 7 month battle with a nasty cancer.

                            We were on TRS for active teachers, then TRS for retired teachers for the last month. With all of the discounts and adjustments, I just had to pay the out of pocket maximum. Actually 3 out of pocket maximums in 7 months because of when she was diagnosed and the way the insurance start date fell. And when her retirement started. If she’d been diagnosed in a different month, I might have paid less than $7000 for a $1 million plus original billing.

                            As it was, I paid around $20,000 for original billings of $1million plus.

                            So, yeah, you better have health insurance when you need it.

                            Here is an example of just one month’s billing from MD Anderson.
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                            Last edited by Starman; 01-25-2023, 11:53 PM. Reason: Photo is sideways. Can’t fix it

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                              #15
                              Y'all must have Tricare!

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