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Dec 17, 2024
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Chick Bowdrie
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Insurance covered $700, or the insurance adjustment plus payment was
$700. Huge difference. What was actually paid to the provider/clinic? Not saying it's appropriately priced, but I highly doubt the provider/clinic received $934 for a physical.
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Chick Bowdrie
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20 min Physical was billed at $934 is that normal?
SLC-Durham
Dec 17, 1:01pm
One heck of a turn and cough...
mulletino
Dec 17, 1:02pm
is the new normal.
TN_Coug
Dec 17, 1:02pm
Yes. It’s absolutely out of control. Family Doc salaries start in the $400k range in many mid west cities now.
ToasterChive
Dec 17, 1:06pm
Family doc average pay in Iowa is 200k-250k. To say they start at 400k is a bit absurd.
TN_Coug
Dec 17, 1:09pm
I have a family member offered over that out of med school in very rural Oklahoma. Now is at $525k
ToasterChive
Dec 17, 1:44pm
Well, post the clinic he works at so the rest of us doctors can get cut into that pie, because my experiences with
TN_Coug
Dec 17, 2:33pm
Impressive for someone that hasn’t finished residency and is ineligible to practice
SJS
Dec 17, 4:40pm
The system is broken.
SuperTank
Dec 17, 8:18pm
It ain’t the family doc charging that much or getting much of that $, it’s admin
supersix
Dec 17, 1:13pm
Isn’t an annual physical covered with Obamacare?
D.T. Survivor
Dec 17, 1:08pm
My basic blood work was 900
troutmaster13
Dec 17, 1:11pm
Insurance covered $700, or the insurance adjustment plus payment was
Chick Bowdrie
Dec 17, 1:15pm
This is how it appeared on the bill
SLC-Durham
Dec 17, 1:21pm
I'd have to see a more detailed bill and what codes were submitted. Definitely
sortsol
Dec 17, 1:56pm
Which codes did they bill?
SJS
Dec 17, 4:42pm
Was it with a massage therapist?
BIG XII Coug
Dec 17, 1:18pm
My massage therapist charges $130 / hour
fulano
Dec 17, 1:21pm
You're getting hosed.
mulletino
Dec 17, 1:42pm
she's the best. Also, compared to $900/20 min?
fulano
Dec 17, 2:04pm
Maybe. Mine is $75/hr.
mulletino
Dec 17, 2:08pm
That is in no way normal. Period. Not sure where those numbers come from.
Don Carlton
Dec 17, 1:42pm
PA made between $35-40 bucks is my estimate of that.
cougfanz
Dec 17, 1:42pm
15-20%? That's typical?
TNT
Dec 17, 1:56pm
Extremely unlikely that they're paid per visit or per interaction
cougfanz
Dec 17, 2:07pm
I can see that. New patient, complex, lab work, etc.
Conan
Dec 17, 2:22pm
I was a returning patient but did ask for them to look at a thing on my neck
SLC-Durham
Dec 17, 3:25pm
Not paying for time you are paying for knowledge that was expensive and time
Groym
Dec 17, 2:31pm
Medical admin has BALLOONED to fully 10X the # of doctors. You're NOT paying for
LeftOfNormal
Dec 17, 4:27pm
I wonder what if there was a "Facility fee" included in that
ninja coug
Dec 17, 7:24pm
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