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Fri Apr-15-11 01:52 PM
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| 6. The machine costs about $1 million... |
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and it is also a profit center.
But the prices are probably based on the retail price which is not the price that insurance companies pay. If you do end up having to pay those charges, you may be able to negotiate with the hospital for a price break.
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| -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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