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Re:The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company by Spooky23 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:56PM (#25934558)
My PPO pays my GP about $75 for a regular visit. A zpack is $6.50 at my local grocery store, $15 at CVS.

The vet always guilts me into some sort of stupid test. Usually I walk out of there $300 lighter.

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Re:The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company by alisonkisk on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:19PM (#25935540)
> For example, in 2011 in America, the average charge for an office visit for an established patient, level 3, requiring approximately 15 minutes with a doctor, was $104. The average total paid was $69. Some more examples: a cholesterol test has an average submitted charge of $72; and a glucose tolerant test (GTT) has a submitted charge of $60.

Seems pretty similar to the vet. But that's just an office visit. The expensive stuff is at a hospital when the CYA care shows up.

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Re:The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company by throwawayboise on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:02PM (#25936001)
> My PPO pays my GP about $75 for a regular visit.

Which is why they spend 5 minutes on you, 90 minutes after your scheduled appointment time.

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