Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online
by BadCookie on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @05:04PM
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There's a business called ZoomCare where I live that posts their prices for uninsured patients. I am quite annoyed that I, someone who has private insurance with ZoomCare as an in-network provider, was charged almost twice as much as the posted price. That money comes out of my pocket because I have one of these high deductible plans. So even places that are decent enough to post prices pull some b.s. when insurance is involved.
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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online
by jessaustin on Thursday April 26, 2018 @08:10AM
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It's a bit of a gray area, but theoretically the provider has a contractual obligation to your insurer, to charge what your insurer requires. Also, they have to do more work for you than for an uninsured patient. By bringing your insurer into this, you've also made more work for them. You could have made it easier for everyone by simply telling the provider that you are uninsured.