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Fareed Zakaria: Health Care Is For Everyone. (Original Post) Brigid Mar 2012 OP
$798 for an angiogram? 3waygeek Mar 2012 #1

3waygeek

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1. $798 for an angiogram?
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 01:31 PM
Mar 2012

I've had several of those, the most recent a month ago. My insurance was billed $2050, but they paid less than $100, and I had to pay about $325 to meet my deductible. My previous ones were in the same range, with the insurance paying a bit more (different provider then compared to now).

I've had lots of heart issues the last several years -- my experience is that insurance usually pays 30-50 percent of what the hospital/doctor bills them for. Sometime in the next few months, I'll have mitral valve surgery, which will probably run into six figures.

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