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@hmkerstetter @marknoble Cynical me also suspects there’s quite a bit of price gouging going on because they expect insurance to pay for it. I’ve seen some ridiculous markups in the medical field.Permalink On twitter.com
AaronGustafson
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@hmkerstetter @marknoble For example, in one surgery I had, I was charged $12 for the wax/grease pencil used to draw a line for the incision. A case of 12 wax pencils on a medical supplier’s site is $12. It’s $4 on Amazon, but even with the medical grade pencils, it should have been $1. 1200% markup.Permalink On twitter.com
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@hmkerstetter @marknoble In another example, a chiropractor I was seeing prescribed me me a stim unit at a billed (to insurance) cost of $120. The exact same unit on Amazon was $36.Permalink On twitter.com
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@hmkerstetter @marknoble I actually confronted them about it and they said they always bill right in the middle of an insurer’s allowable range for a product so they don’t raise eyebrows with them or piss off their colleagues in the field by charging the actual cost.On twitter.com
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@hmkerstetter @marknoble I’m cool with someone making a little bit of a profit and there is some non-zero cost for them to order, store, etc. products, but I feel like there should be a fixed markup allowed with a requirement to provide documentation for the true cost of equipment.Permalink On twitter.com