Guest guest Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 one thing to consider lets say the procedure is 1500 IF you don't have insurance. Remember the insurance company pays a tiny fraction of that perhaps 400. You may bring that to their attention. Tell them you have no money etc and would htey accept the same rate of pay as they would if they did the same procedure for the insurance company. Nonnie price of colonoscopy How much does a colonoscopy cost in the US? I guess it depends on the place and the state or even the city. My husband's doctor said let's do it at the hospital, because his clinic charges more. Example of one patient's figures: colonoscopy doctor $156 colonoscopy $953 oxygen $27 biopsy procedure $373 Pathology exam $265 microscopic analysis, IV pathology $140 Phlebotomy fee $9 CEA carcinoembryonic $167 LO OS CONT 320MG IOD1 $525 drugs $56 CT Scan Abdomen $1559 CT Scan Pelvis $1343 CT scan doctor $480 ---------- grand total: $6053 You might say the price of a colonoscopy should not include CT scans. Ok, if we subtract the CT scans and the CT scan doctor fee, the colonoscopy will still be $2671. This might scare anyone who needs to have it done. I am sure many people who have no health insurance, who are told by their doctor to have a colonoscopy, will ask the hospital how much it costs, and then decide they can't afford it. Until their symptoms are too bad to ignore. By then they might be stage IV or V. ~Deb from KS mily wrote: Here in Italy people over fifty are allow to have a colonscopy every five years for free. For free it means with out paying the tickets, Which I assume it costs about 40 euros, something like 40 dollars. However, my conclusions are that " every five years " is not einough after all. My husband and I don't pay for the tickets anymore because it's recocgnized (sp) that we already have a cancer. Everyone in Italy has a Health Insurance from the govermnent. We pay this insurance throughout our life. All my love and prayers to you and your family. And all my love and prayers to the group as well. Lydia Visit your group " colon_cancer_support " on the web. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Nonnie, thank you for the suggestion! We asked the hospital to give us the price of the colonoscopy that the insurance would pay. The said no, you have to fill out papers. We filled out two pages with every conceivable question about our finances. Our social security numbers, our bank out number, our credit card numbers and how much we owed, our loan for our treadmill and how much we pay per month. Our federal and state income taxes. You name it, they asked it. It was very thorough. Then we had to make a statement why we need help in paying their bill. I mentioned the $38,000 we owed to the other hospital for the colo/rectal surgery, not to mention the doctor bills, the labs, pathology, xrays, etc. Thank God, the colonoscopy hospital said they are writing it off!!! Now we need to work on the surgery hospital to get that price down to what it is really worth, not what they are overcharging. God help us. Take care, Deb nonnie wrote: one thing to consider lets say the procedure is 1500 IF you don't have insurance. Remember the insurance company pays a tiny fraction of that perhaps 400. You may bring that to their attention. Tell them you have no money etc and would they accept the same rate of pay as they would if they did the same procedure for the insurance company. Nonnie --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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