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XanaDUer2

(14,974 posts)
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 01:00 PM Aug 2024

Surgery/dr bill seems insanely low [View all]

I have only traditional Medicare. I had my gallbladder removed 20 days ago. I was told by 3 reps the Dr cost AND surgery cost only $130 about. I had to pay $500 facility fee. Surgery was not in hospital but outpatient facility.

How can even common surgery Dr fee be that low? I can't seem to get an answer other than that's the cost. America is not like this. I pay 20%. I get it. But that low? I'm worried I'll get a big shock later

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I paid about $1700 two years ago. Turbineguy Aug 2024 #1
Ill have to pay the anesthesiologist XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #2
Well, I also got the "alternative" bill Turbineguy Aug 2024 #3
What's the alternative bill? XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #4
I got the sum that the hospital sent to the insurers, Turbineguy Aug 2024 #10
Medicare costs bernieb Aug 2024 #5
My Medicare paid for my cataract surgery too Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #6
I had to pay 500 XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #8
Sounds like that is your share. Medicare likely paid the surgeon $500 or so and the facility got around $2,000. Silent Type Aug 2024 #7
$130.16 XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #9
I had to buy my own Tylenol Laurelin Aug 2024 #11
TY XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #12
I owed the practice 151.00 Drs fee XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #13
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