Cost of PET and CT scans - 02-12-2007 04:18 PM
Here's the financial damage from my PET/CT scans, for which I just got the bill. BTW, it was a combined PET and CT scan (skull base to mid-thigh per my request for a full-body scan), also called a "Fusion" because of the software linking the two scans. I don't know what the cost would have been for a shorter set of scans.
Billed price for scans: $3050.00
Billed price for Doc report: 500.00
less network discount for scans: -363.65
less network discount for Doc: -250.00
Total 2936.35
My share, under 80%/20% plan $587.27
In this case, my cost is actually somewhat higher because I have not met my annual deductible, but I chose to exclude that because it is really a timing event and dependent on other services I may or may not have paid year to date.
For those who may not know what a 'network discount', that's an agreed price reduction from the 'list' price of the service between the insco and a 'preferred provider'.
Billed price for scans: $3050.00
Billed price for Doc report: 500.00
less network discount for scans: -363.65
less network discount for Doc: -250.00
Total 2936.35
My share, under 80%/20% plan $587.27
In this case, my cost is actually somewhat higher because I have not met my annual deductible, but I chose to exclude that because it is really a timing event and dependent on other services I may or may not have paid year to date.
For those who may not know what a 'network discount', that's an agreed price reduction from the 'list' price of the service between the insco and a 'preferred provider'.