How to Reduce Healthcare Costs by 92 Percent | Trending

How to Reduce Healthcare Costs by 92 Percent | Trending:
"...based on my bills when I had insurance, that it was gonna cost a fortune.
But my doctor finally twisted my arm enough that I guessed I had to go, and asked about the cash price for the labs I needed for a type 2 diabetes check.
She thought it would be around $300, which was already much better than I’d expected.
So I went in to see her, and she got out the á la carte cash menu from the lab.
...Total price, including $5 for the needle stick itself, was $62.
...Now, that didn’t even fit with what I’d been seeing on bills from the same clinic under insurance — plus, there was this annoying part where I’d get something done, and six months or a year later I’d get a call from a collection agency asking for their, I don’t know, some small amount, say $50 to $300 to be paid to some medical lab or medical service of which I’d never heard.
...Then it occurred to me to ask, “What would the bill be to the insurance if I had insurance?” 
The nice nurse at the front desk — and I’m not giving her name on purpose — looked it up and told me: “$740.”...
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