Self Pay "extras"

[Humming Bird 275]

Wow what insurance company do you have? That is really cheap. I have Qualcare plus I work for a hospital system and my bills came to over $20,000. Ofcourse I didn't have to pay that amount but I never heard of anyone paying the amount you did unless they went to Mexico.

Are you asking me? If so, I have no insurance. I was self pay. Cashola .... $9950 covered first consult with surgeon, pre-op visit with surgeon, surgery, anesthesia, hospital (out-patient/ just there a few hours), consult with NUT, fills for 3 months. (fills after that were $15, but now they went up to $25) Surgery in Denver area

[Me3 0]

Don't you think the physical and emotional health of the self-pay patient should be as thoroughly examined as that of the insured?

Insurance companies don't require it for fun and games--it costs them more! They require it because the outcome of the tests helps ensure SAFE surgeries.

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Respectfully I have to disagree. The psych eval is little more then a CYA for the doc AND the insurance company. They are RARELY in depth appointments and they ask you standard questions. I have never seen where a shrink goes to the trouble of being IN DEPTH with the reasons we got fat in the first place. How can they... they see your for 60-90 min ONCE.... I work in this area... and I see it day after day..

CYA- Covering their butts it what people are all about these days. If the shrink signs off the doc can wash his hands later on down the road should you get anorexic or bi-polar or whatever...

Just my opinion

[JudyDF 0]

I agree the psych exam I had was a joke... when the Dr found out I was a nurse and worked for the same hospital system as his wife that is what we talked about. I had to fill out a questionaire of about 1000 questions about 1% pertaining to my upcoming surgery.