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Fri Apr-15-11 01:52 PM
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| 5. I'm curious if they are legitimately costly to run. |
| -Why does a CT scan costs $2,000? |
octothorpe |
Apr-15-11 01:48 PM |
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I don't know why they cost so much, but most insurance companies require pre-approval of them. |
sinkingfeeling |
Apr-15-11 01:50 PM |
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I'm curious if they are legitimately costly to run. |
octothorpe |
Apr-15-11 01:52 PM |
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Well they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy. It does require a fairly large number |
sinkingfeeling |
Apr-15-11 02:04 PM |
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Karl Denninger had a column recently about how |
truedelphi |
Apr-15-11 06:12 PM |
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Yes. I get two-three MRIs each year, and I have to do the pre-approval thing every time. |
anneboleyn |
Apr-15-11 10:02 PM |
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Because it can. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Apr-15-11 01:51 PM |
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It's called, "what the market will bear." |
pnwmom |
Apr-15-11 01:51 PM |
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Why do you hate profit? |
Brickbat |
Apr-15-11 01:51 PM |
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Clearly I'm an evil communist out to abort children and destroy christmas. |
octothorpe |
Apr-15-11 01:54 PM |
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Come sit by me, then. |
Brickbat |
Apr-15-11 01:56 PM |
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I've got no problem with profit |
Capitalocracy |
Apr-15-11 01:56 PM |
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The machine costs about $1 million... |
rfranklin |
Apr-15-11 01:52 PM |
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Do you know more? |
JackRiddler |
Apr-15-11 04:25 PM |
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If you want to know why it costs so much ... |
MedicalAdmin |
Apr-17-11 07:09 AM |
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That is correct...nt |
and-justice-for-all |
Apr-15-11 11:20 PM |
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Years ago they cost that much... Japanese ones are especially cheap these days |
JCMach1 |
Apr-17-11 03:08 AM |
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IMO they are all to high. What this country needs to get to the bottom of is |
RKP5637 |
Apr-15-11 01:53 PM |
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I think more people need to experience how ridiculous it is. |
octothorpe |
Apr-15-11 01:56 PM |
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I had to go into the hospital unexpectedly last year, the cost for a couple of |
RKP5637 |
Apr-15-11 02:03 PM |
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hell that's an easy one |
melm00se |
Apr-17-11 04:54 AM |
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Hospitals like to make money just like insurance and pharmacentucal companies. |
Incitatus |
Apr-15-11 01:54 PM |
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CAT-SCAM is more like it. |
reformist2 |
Apr-15-11 01:55 PM |
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The difference between a CT and an X-ray is kind of like the difference |
Maru Kitteh |
Apr-17-11 02:04 AM |
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A couple of things here. |
cbayer |
Apr-15-11 01:55 PM |
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I'm going to have to see what I can do to get this down if I can't get the insurance to work with me |
octothorpe |
Apr-15-11 02:00 PM |
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You can see what Medicare pays for each of these things in your region by |
cbayer |
Apr-15-11 02:08 PM |
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Wife had one a few months back. |
FLSurfer |
Apr-16-11 03:55 PM |
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i had one |
donco |
Apr-15-11 02:02 PM |
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Much closer to the actual cost of the test. |
cbayer |
Apr-15-11 02:09 PM |
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They charge that much because they know you need the test. |
AngryOldDem |
Apr-15-11 01:56 PM |
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it's gone up since i |
Oceansaway |
Apr-15-11 01:59 PM |
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Because they do. Now stop rocking the boat and put on your peek-a-boo paper gown. |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Apr-15-11 02:00 PM |
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Serious question: Why do people get CAT-scans? I've never had one. |
reformist2 |
Apr-15-11 02:02 PM |
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Mostly cancer I think. |
wickerwoman |
Apr-15-11 02:09 PM |
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It can provide a more accurate view of abnormalities, tumors, etc. |
AngryOldDem |
Apr-15-11 02:10 PM |
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I considered getting one for my mysterious knee problem |
Quantess |
Apr-15-11 02:46 PM |
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Too many docs are idiots that let expensive machines do the thinking for them. |
Odin2005 |
Apr-15-11 03:37 PM |
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No kidding! |
Quantess |
Apr-15-11 05:04 PM |
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Not that the general practitioner didn't DO sign-and-symptom diagnosis... |
Quantess |
Apr-15-11 06:42 PM |
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People demand to be scanned |
pstokely |
Apr-15-11 09:55 PM |
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Differential diagnosis is a key part to every doctors training... |
MedicalAdmin |
Apr-17-11 07:22 AM |
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Just by coincidence... |
pipi_k |
Apr-15-11 05:26 PM |
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Exactly. Each of those procedures could turn up something different. Did things turn out okay? |
anneboleyn |
Apr-15-11 10:13 PM |
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Well, they didn't find anything awful, let me put it that way... |
pipi_k |
Apr-16-11 04:10 PM |
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CAT scans and MRIs provide far superior imaging, and a radiologist can discern abnormalities |
anneboleyn |
Apr-15-11 10:07 PM |
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I had pulmonary emboli |
anarch |
Apr-15-11 11:17 PM |
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High quality scans have reduced the need for invasive, exploratory |
quiller4 |
Apr-16-11 04:04 PM |
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I just had one a couple of months ago before some kidney stone lithotripsy I had... |
cascadiance |
Apr-16-11 11:45 PM |
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It's ridiculous, isn't it? |
Amaril |
Apr-15-11 02:12 PM |
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It's th cost of the machine. I have a very close friend who is |
napi21 |
Apr-15-11 02:16 PM |
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What do they do with the "obsolete" 2-3 yr old machines? |
Vanje |
Apr-15-11 02:24 PM |
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I asked that question too. They are sold to facilities in very small |
napi21 |
Apr-15-11 02:35 PM |
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They are also donated to medical centers in less developed countries. |
quiller4 |
Apr-16-11 04:06 PM |
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Not very believeable... |
ddeclue |
Apr-15-11 02:28 PM |
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I doubt you'd find ANY facility ANYWHERE that could do 96 scans each day! |
napi21 |
Apr-15-11 02:41 PM |
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Even if I'm off by one order of magnitude the price of a scan is still an order of magnitude too lar |
ddeclue |
Apr-15-11 02:57 PM |
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Once again, misinformation... they are relatively cheap these days |
JCMach1 |
Apr-17-11 03:10 AM |
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I've been told that the inflated charges |
LibertyLover |
Apr-15-11 02:19 PM |
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I have no health coverage at all |
Vanje |
Apr-15-11 02:30 PM |
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It's not people like you who don't see doc when they're sick! |
napi21 |
Apr-15-11 11:13 PM |
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Hospital visits for the uninsured are NEVER free |
TorchTheWitch |
Apr-17-11 03:22 AM |
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People with no health insurance are billed HIGHER than people with coverage. |
dixiegrrrrl |
Apr-15-11 04:13 PM |
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Simply brilliant! |
katnapped |
Apr-17-11 06:23 AM |
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They are padded. The quickest way to knock them down |
Warpy |
Apr-15-11 02:25 PM |
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I have been through this... Although our 4 hour visit |
walldude |
Apr-15-11 02:36 PM |
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I do not know how much they cost to run but I know they are very |
jwirr |
Apr-15-11 02:39 PM |
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the answer from an MD.... |
raging_moderate |
Apr-15-11 02:58 PM |
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Great post, raging_moderate, and I think you are new, so welcome to DU! |
anneboleyn |
Apr-15-11 10:17 PM |
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Enlightening post - of course this will disappoint those who believe it's all about greed |
True Earthling |
Apr-16-11 02:37 PM |
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The tea baggers would choose to let the uninsured ER patients rot. |
themadstork |
Apr-17-11 07:43 AM |
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1 - They are very expensive and cost money to maintain... |
Ozymanithrax |
Apr-15-11 03:16 PM |
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Those suckers are really expensive. |
Odin2005 |
Apr-15-11 03:32 PM |
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I would like to point out that the fear of lawsuits is not rational. |
MedicalAdmin |
Apr-17-11 08:00 AM |
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No idea - they're 100% covered (no copay) with Kaiser; same with MRIs |
REP |
Apr-15-11 03:39 PM |
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They're free in Canada. |
cbdo2007 |
Apr-15-11 04:20 PM |
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Because they can't charge $5000 yet. |
RightNoMore |
Apr-15-11 04:20 PM |
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Piggish profit margin? Nt |
GSLevel9 |
Apr-15-11 06:40 PM |
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No idea. Had one last month on a multiply-fractured wrist - hospital bill was ~$1600, |
iris27 |
Apr-15-11 06:56 PM |
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Part of the expense is because these machines |
exboyfil |
Apr-15-11 08:56 PM |
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Japans ct costs vs good ol' e U S of A |
RegieRocker |
Apr-15-11 09:45 PM |
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So can one go to Japan and pay those prices or do you have to be a citizen of japan? |
Shagbark Hickory |
Apr-16-11 02:40 PM |
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Citizen |
RegieRocker |
Apr-16-11 11:20 PM |
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MRIs are even worse, $5,000. I have to get two or three MRIs a year due to a chronic illness. |
anneboleyn |
Apr-15-11 09:59 PM |
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Because we have.. |
sendero |
Apr-15-11 09:59 PM |
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Because the health care industry and insurance companies are organized crime |
Hugabear |
Apr-16-11 12:01 AM |
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But with insurance, the doctor and the facility only get about half |
Ilsa |
Apr-16-11 11:36 PM |
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