i got the bill for my ultrasound, mri, and blood tests and boy am i happy

[dinkus mayhem]

it's threads like this that make me appreciate Canada even more.


glad you're doing well, dink.

thanks homey! i love canada.

[Billy]

I can afford hair cuts and hair dyes, don't mean I need them.

Now go rub another application of Rogaine into that bald patch in the back.

Grampa, please

[dinkus mayhem]

why do everyone hate everyone nowadays? i only hate a few people like schmoopy.

[Daveindiego]

why do everyone hate everyone nowadays? i only hate a few people like schmoopy.

People be hatin' on my rockstar hair.

[dinkus mayhem]

People be hatin' on my rockstar hair.

cockstar hair.

[dinkus mayhem]

omg i didn't mean to say that out loud.

[Stew Nod]

why do everyone hate everyone nowadays? i only hate a few people like schmoopy.

I know really...isn't it supposed to be about the lulz?

[Dick Gozinya]

10K. Thats fuckin' insane. And for what, dink? An hour and a half of clanking and clanging?

[dinkus mayhem]

10K. Thats fuckin' insane. And for what, dink? An hour and a half of clanking and clanging?

yep. i had some blood drawn and blood tests run, i had an ultrasound and then a consult with the internal med doctor, then he said the ultrasound wasn't clear but there was a small mass/growth noted that he wanted to get a clearer picture of with an mri, then i sat in a mri forever, and i had a upper gi endoscopy. all in all it was a lot of procedures, but the mri is $6000+ of the bill. and it was all to tell me everything is ok. granted, i'm very happy i know and i'm very happy they actually ran tests to prove i was ok, but the expense is pretty insane.

[Dick Gozinya]

yep. i had some blood drawn and blood tests run, i had an ultrasound and then a consult with the internal med doctor, then he said the ultrasound wasn't clear but there was a small mass/growth noted that he wanted to get a clearer picture of with an mri, then i sat in a mri forever, and i had a upper gi endoscopy. all in all it was a lot of procedures, but the mri is $6000+ of the bill. and it was all to tell me everything is ok. granted, i'm very happy i know and i'm very happy they actually ran tests to prove i was ok, but the expense is pretty insane.

What malady drove the testing?

[Satori Brah]

yep. i had some blood drawn and blood tests run, i had an ultrasound and then a consult with the internal med doctor, then he said the ultrasound wasn't clear but there was a small mass/growth noted that he wanted to get a clearer picture of with an mri, then i sat in a mri forever, and i had a upper gi endoscopy. all in all it was a lot of procedures, but the mri is $6000+ of the bill. and it was all to tell me everything is ok. granted, i'm very happy i know and i'm very happy they actually ran tests to prove i was ok, but the expense is pretty insane.

was he a IM/GI doc? Sounds like you should have been referred to a GI doc.

Glad you are ok brah

[dinkus mayhem]

i got my blue cross blue shield statement an it says i'm responsible for $2500 of the $10,000 bill.

gay.

[Mlaw]

i got my blue cross blue shield statement an it says i'm responsible for $2500 of the $10,000 bill.

gay.

you can negotiate that with the provider, or just not pay it. Medical bills are not reported to your credit history

[jaw_belize]

its all a racket though


get a bill from the hospital for 100k
then insurance says
nah fuck that we'll pay 30k

and then hospital says ok we'll take it

[fenderbaum]

Nice, you have got to love having good health insurance. I make sure that I use my for physicals, and dental visits. Leave nothing on the table.

[Mlaw]

its all a racket though


get a bill from the hospital for 100k
then insurance says
nah fuck that we'll pay 30k

and then hospital says ok we'll take it

all those percentages are negotiated, just like with Medicaid and Medicare.

[DeltaRat]

Dink - This NiggaH told you straight up ....... Now give him some Rep Points.

That bill says pending 2 to 1 odds the fuckers at least try and bounce some of it back at you....insurance companies are rats

[bobtraw]

What malady drove the testing?

That's what I want to know.

[dinkus mayhem]

What malady drove the testing?

That's what I want to know.

after i broke my rib last year i kept having pain in that area, but under the rib that was broke. they did a ultra sound an saw a small mass/growth on my pancreas or something. the gastroenterologist said it could be cancer so he ordered the mri with contrast dye.

$10,000 later, it turned out to be a shadow on the ultrasound.

was he a IM/GI doc? Sounds like you should have been referred to a GI doc.

that's the dude i saw. good doc and smart guy with a great bedside manner. even though it turned out to be a shadow, i'm happy i know that that's all it was.

Glad you are ok brah

thanks homey!

you can negotiate that with the provider, or just not pay it. Medical bills are not reported to your credit history

i'm a responsible dude an i can afford the $2500. it just would a been more fun to spend it on a les paul or something like that instead of a mri.

[JumboWop]

oh jesus, i can't even imagine how much that's going to be. he's halfway to his lifetime limit if the health care reform act hadn't passed. what happened to him and is he ok now? craziness!

What? My lifetime limit is (or was) $20M. Yours was $1M? I've never seen a limit that low.