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Depending on the test or procedure a 95% reduction in price is doable. Our clinic does every test and procedure at cost to remove the financial incentive to ord
by pg_bot 8y ago
Depending on the test or procedure a 95% reduction in price is doable. Our clinic does every test and procedure at cost to remove the financial incentive to order. The wholesale price for most things is very low. For example, we charge patients $2.50 for a rapid strep test which would be normally be reimbursed at ~$16.50 with medicare/medicaid.
- silencio 8y agoI would guess a reason why Kaiser doesn't have a 95% price reduction is that offering a huge range of options for medical care means the overall cost goes up a bit to counter the more expensive needs of a minority of their members. Unlike most of the direct care models that only take care of part of the comprehensive medical needs of their members. I still think the Kaiser cost reduction is surprising though. The upfront cost of premiums isn't much higher, but the benefits are bonkers. My monthly premium may be slightly higher than other plans cost, but then I have a $0 multi-day stay after a c-section... and nobody is nickel and dime-ing me, or pushing me out sooner than I'm ready, and I even got a 2 person "fancy" dinner to celebrate the birth - we had a 3 course meal (steak and salmon!) with sparkling cider and flutes to boot.
- inferiorhuman 8y agoKaiser can be very cost effective, but they're no better than anyone else in terms of pushing people out of their cost centers (errr... hospitals). My experience has been that prescription and OTC drugs (even if you're not an active Kaiser member) are especially cheap through Kaiser pharmacies.