"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Exactly, I was just going to post that there is a big delta between the billed amount and what the insurance pays as a contracted amount.
I always thought it was odd that our co-pay was the same for an x-ray ($35) as it was for an MRI, CT, or PET. Aetna wised up this year on our policy, so now it is $200 for any of those.
Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997. DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0 TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5. TREATMENT END: 10/1/07 PEG OUT: 1/08 PORT OUT: 4/09 FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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