I can assure you I am not a deadbeat. And I have never asked to be billed. But three times this year, then I have shown up to register, I am asked for several hundred dollars at the time I register (which I would assume is my co-pay), but then recieve a check a month or so after from Russell. I've had BC/BS for 30 years (I'm under the FEP program). Just thought it odd. Perhaps they are collecting too much copay? But then, wouldn't you think they would know what the copay should be? It's a mystery.
But I do agree with Hodja. If the price for an MRI is $2000 and Medicare and Tricare are only paying some part of that, then how is that sustainable? And I understand that these reimbursements take months.
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