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Dec 17, 2024
4:42:28pm

SJS Shaky place kicker

Which codes did they bill?

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SJS

Previous username: San Juan Sun
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Time

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.

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

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?

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?

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

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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