Nelson Vergel
Founder, ExcelMale.com
A Texas man has a heart attack – and good medical insurance – and still finds himself on the hook for $109,000 in medical bills.
Another man in Florida owed $3,400 for a CT scan, after his insurance company pays its part.
And woman who had surgery for back pain was billed more than $17,000 for a urine test that her insurance company refused to pay.
These stories – all featured in the Bill-of-the-Month series from NPR and Kaiser Health News — seem like anomalies. But a recent survey of American adults shows they are actually the norm.
Most survey respondents — 57 percent — have been surprised by a medical bill they thought would be paid for by their insurance companies, the survey from the research group NORC at the University of Chicago finds.
Source
If you get an unexpected blood test bill from Labcorp or Quest and if you no longer trust your insurance reimbursement for blood test, please use DiscountedLabs.com, a site created for that purpose.
Another man in Florida owed $3,400 for a CT scan, after his insurance company pays its part.
And woman who had surgery for back pain was billed more than $17,000 for a urine test that her insurance company refused to pay.
These stories – all featured in the Bill-of-the-Month series from NPR and Kaiser Health News — seem like anomalies. But a recent survey of American adults shows they are actually the norm.
Most survey respondents — 57 percent — have been surprised by a medical bill they thought would be paid for by their insurance companies, the survey from the research group NORC at the University of Chicago finds.
Source
If you get an unexpected blood test bill from Labcorp or Quest and if you no longer trust your insurance reimbursement for blood test, please use DiscountedLabs.com, a site created for that purpose.
