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So, another reason Health insurance is going up
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:31 am
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:31 am
Got a bill in yesterday. Had a bunch of blood work done. One of the charges was for sticking a needle in to draw blood. They charged $16 just for that. This is a first for that ever. How else are they to get blood in the first place? 
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Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:33 am to fishfighter
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So, another reason Health insurance is going up
I'm a bit surprised they don't charge $5 everytime a nurse comes in the room and puts on the gloves and disposes them.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:36 am to kywildcatfanone
Oh them gloves getting charged to you.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:39 am to kywildcatfanone
Umm nursing is the second hardest job in the world (the first is mommy but a lot of nurses are both lol!!) can you stop saying mean things about them on the internet?
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:40 am to fishfighter
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How else are they to get blood in the first place?
They could shank you and collect in a cup.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:40 am to PhilipMarlowe
Yes sir. Probably getting charged per minute for the air you’re breathing too. Check those bills close folks.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:41 am to fishfighter
Look, people have crappy insurance
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:41 am to magildachunks
I'm sure they would charge for that and the cup too! 
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:44 am to fishfighter
Phlebotomist charge? That’s been around forever.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:46 am to Philzilla2k
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Look, people have crappy insurance
I have very good insurance. Medicare and plan "F". What Medicare don't pay, plan F pays 100%. Yes, it cost a arm and a leg, but I have to have it.
Last Dec, I had a CRT-D replaced. Cost was $200K. Cost me $0.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:46 am to SpecialHazard
Healthcare is the only thing you can’t shop for or comparison shop. Try calling anybody in healthcare to get the cost of a procedure before you do it.
They might tell you a number but they will always qualify it as a ball park estimate and rarely guarantee anything.
The exception is for boob jobs and plastics stuff where you have to pay cash upfront with no insurance involved.
God forbid you have to go through the emergency room.
They might tell you a number but they will always qualify it as a ball park estimate and rarely guarantee anything.
The exception is for boob jobs and plastics stuff where you have to pay cash upfront with no insurance involved.
God forbid you have to go through the emergency room.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:46 am to fishfighter
Medical billing is a travesty.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:47 am to fishfighter
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Got a bill in yesterday. Had a bunch of blood work done. One of the charges was for sticking a needle in to draw blood. They charged $16 just for that. This is a first for that ever. How else are they to get blood in the first place?
Technically, you and the many others that went yesterday is the reason why its went up.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:54 am to fishfighter
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They charged $16 just for that
Not if you have two kids, no husband and no job, then it's all FREE !!
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:56 am to Philzilla2k
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Look, people go to greedy hospitals with crappy insurance
FIFY
This post was edited on 9/20/19 at 6:58 am
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:57 am to fishfighter
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How else are they to get blood in the first place?
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:58 am to jbgleason
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Phlebotomist charge?
This is what is stated.
Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample. Code 36415
I never saw this before and I have blood work done weekly.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:58 am to fishfighter
That does beg the question, if you needed to give blood, you could either take it out yourself or pay someone else to do it. What is that service worth?
Posted on 9/20/19 at 6:58 am to fishfighter
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One of the charges was for sticking a needle in to draw blood. They charged $16 just for that.
They raised the prices when they started having to go to school to become phlebotomists. It’s all a scam.
Posted on 9/20/19 at 7:00 am to fishfighter
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Last Dec, I had a CRT-D replaced. Cost was $200K. Cost me
You are welcome.
Last May, my kid had a high fever, they gave him Motrin. Cost me $1500
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