Postby Forever_Young » Tue Dec 27, 2022 12:24 pm
I am on Humana/Medicare. My initial consult cost me $40.00. I was expecting to pay 20% of $20,000 for the procedure. I paid $250 to the hospital. I got a small lab bill, maybe $20.00. I waited to get a bill from the surgeon, Anesthesia, hospital, and Implant manufacture. It has been 9 months and I have had several Humana/Medicare EOBs with payments and non payments on them. I understand that the Hospital, Surgeon, and Anesthesia have a contracted price. I have not received any other bills. We in North Carolina have a Medical Bill Law that requires medical providers to show what the cost will be before the procedure is done. My surgeons office made several scheduling errors one their fault the other due to covid restrictions. He may have discounted the procedure due to his office's scheduling error and their embarisment. The procedure went as well as could be expected. I have not got any bills pending according to my EOBs.