Bill Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 This doesn't apply to my wife's insurance but today in the chemo room at the med onc's office a woman with private health insurance ( I don't know which co. or type ~ HMO, etc. ) was complaining to her OCN that her insurance company was ( or started ) charging her $30 per IV set for chemo tx. Not familiar with this. Anybody else getting charged for IV equipment and such things related to chemo ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowflake Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Bill, I didn't do chemo, so I can't answer the direct question of chemo IV sets... BUT, I get charged a portion of all my labwork and procedures, normally listed as "incidentals" on the bill from the hospital and/or lab. Also, the radiation department I went to was affiliated with the hospital, but not "part" of the hospital. I was billed a USAGE FEE! I believe it was $50/session - this to merely use their facility (as if they'd bring the machine to my house to save me that $50!)... Like I stated, not sure on the chemo costs, didn't play that particular game... Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 14, 2004 Author Share Posted October 14, 2004 Bill,I didn't do chemo, so I can't answer the direct question of chemo IV sets... BUT, I get charged a portion of all my labwork and procedures, normally listed as "incidentals" on the bill from the hospital and/or lab. Also, the radiation department I went to was affiliated with the hospital, but not "part" of the hospital. I was billed a USAGE FEE! I believe it was $50/session - this to merely use their facility (as if they'd bring the machine to my house to save me that $50!)... Like I stated, not sure on the chemo costs, didn't play that particular game... Becky ////////////////// Yes. These co-pay and " incidental " charges can add up. The woman that I speak of was very upset about the $30 IV set charge. I'm sure that she is on a fixed income and that unexpected charge hurts. Three IV bags and there goes $90 ! We learned early on to carefully follow " inpatient " procedures for outpatient services. Before we learned the ropes my wife had a chest x-ray that wasn't handled correctly. Therefore, it wasn't covered and we got dinged for over $300 for the x-ray and reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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