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It is complicated ( don't want to excuse it), but I am not sure I would expect the doctor to know your insurance arrangement (or even how much you would expect
by rileymat2 8y ago
It is complicated ( don't want to excuse it), but I am not sure I would expect the doctor to know your insurance arrangement (or even how much you would expect to pay because you would need to know how much of your deductible you have already gone through.)
And how would the Insurance company know until they are billed for the procedure?
- rland 8y agoThis is what's so strange about the system. There is no "price sheet" because it's all funny money until the consumer gets billed. Perhaps the doctor would not know, but the hospital should have a price sheet for every routine service rendered. Those edge cases that are not routine procedures should have estimates provided in advance. For those edge cases that are so time sensitive that an estimate cannot be provided to the consumer in advance... well, that's what insurance is for.