Stuff like this is why our healthcare is overpriced. [View all]

[Liberal Veteran]

I recently went in for a stress echocardiogram. This was to be scheduled on a day my cardiologist was in the office (the lab is adjoining the office itself) so he could review and consult with me after the test.

I never made it to the stress part of the test because they couldn't get good enough images from the initial echo. So, they reschedule me for a nuclear stress test (coming up next week).

I fully expected to get a bill for the echo from the lab and did. No surprise there.

The surprising part is my cardiologist's office charged almost $200 dollars to my insurance for a separate office visit claim (separate from lab explanation of benefits) that never even happened. I literally never saw him the day of the failed echo at all.

And the insurance actually paid for the "office visit".