My allergist charged a "rack rate" of $24 per injection, just under the $25 line that the insurance company said was UCR. It turned out the insurance company's

My allergist charged a "rack rate" of $24 per injection, just under the $25 line that the insurance company said was UCR. It turned out the insurance company's contract with the allergist said he could charge me no more than $18.50, but the insurance company paid none of it. So even then it was $74/month, given that I had to go weekly. Because of the stupid game that I had to play, I had absolutely no way of knowing what that discount would be though. Could have been nothing, could have been a lot. Hence "could" add up to nearly $100 a month if I had to pay full price.