My wife visited Dr. Kang W. Lee on the Sept 2nd for a heart check. He asked us to come back on Sept 8th for a stress test on a treadmill and an ultrasound test. Several months later, we received 3 separate invoices: $100.93, $173.04, and $2,353.65 for a total of $2,627.62 fees from the Doctor, Bright Health Physicians Group, and PresbyterianIntercommunityHospital. I was shocked for such a high bill, so I checked on Internet and found out the average cost for an ultrasound was around $200 and a stress test on treadmill was just $400. I asked why the bill was so high and they said its within my deductible. This is a typical example of how badly broken our healthcare system was; its a humongous scam for making a few rich quick from looting out of the ordinary people.
- It was a simple office visit and they had to make us come back to multiple the office visit cost.
- We had a simple stress test on treadmill and an ultrasound test. Im dumbfounded that they would split the process into several components and bill each of them separately in high amount.
- I had no idea how I would have gotten a bill from the hospital; it was a simple office visit.
- They did not disclose the cost in advance. We would have gone somewhere else for medical care had we been made aware of the cost.
- They did not even give us a report of our test result. They said it will come with cost when wanted. What? They asked us to pay $2627.62 with no result and report?
- Hows deductible anything to do with a high bill? High deductible plan allows them to pillage my deductible?
- Im very surprised that these behaviors have not been changed with recession and high unemployment.