Quote Originally Posted by GeoFisher View Post
And if you don't think this crap doesn't happen with providers, I experienced it FIRST hand with my daughter and a campus ran medical center. For some reason they thought it was a good idea to run 1200 dollars in tests for something that she CLEARLY did not have and CLEARLY would have been identified other ways. I questioned the charges, and then met with them and told them to STUFF the claim. I'm on a HSA and they'd have to sue me for it.....

A few days later, I got a letter in the mail that they had made a mistake running such tests, and cut the cost to 250, which I still bitched about, but paid......

If you KNOW what you are paying for, I GUARANTEE you will question the costs.......

Later,

Geo
And for the record........I HATE negotiated rates................HATE them with a passion.

A negotiated rate for X insurance or Y insurance or what I carry should be the SAME for EVERY insurance company. I got a bill for 900 bucks for something else and the negotiated rate was 125, which is what I paid......WTF.....if the cost is 125 or the doc can get away with 125, then THAT is the price.......not the BS inflated price of 900 bucks because some schmuck insurance company Z will arbitrarily pay the 900 bucks.......

BULL CRAP....

Later,

Geo