lab test costs

[Guest guest]

OK, so maybe I can see why my family doctor might not want to test my

ferritin, B-12, D, etc. every time I go in while I try to get meds

regulated. I just got the EOB for this last blood draw done on May

13th. Each of the different tests, 7 of them total, cost anywhere

between 95 and 200 dollars. AND, the insurance is paying only a part of

each of those. He is expected to write off over *$1000* in what they

won't cover. They paid him like $70 for this and I didn't pay anything

for the tests, presumably it is covered in the $15 office visit

copay.... I have not been back for another blood draw, but of course I

will, and with this kind of what I would call ludicrous differential,

how will I ever be able to convince my doc to routinely do a full iron

panel and the free T4 and T4??

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

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