In my area, there's only 1 person qualified for that and she doesn't work with insurance. The visit cost $210, writing the letter cost $140.
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Since there are only maybe a dozen doctors who perform this procedure in the US, I had to travel for a $75 consult and pay a $1000 deposit.
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The $1075 gets covered but not until the procedure, which has a waitlist of months. So that was cash money spent.
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Once all that was done, because the procedure was out of network and out of state, I had to front the costs.
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$16,500 less $1075 for the surgeon, and $6000 for the hospital. I had to take a 60 day rollover contribution from my IRA.
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But! The hospital works with my insurance so I only had to pay deductible and cover out-of-pocket max. So it was $2872, not $6000.
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From that, I used a pre-funded FSA I enrolled in to cover $2400. Getting complicated now.
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This meant that I only had to cover $15,425 for the surgeon, which hopefully should be reimbursed. But wait! I need a recovery hotel.
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That's 11 nights at $144/night. And since the procedure was out of state, we needed to travel, so that's $490 in train tickets.
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So all said and done, this procedure, fully covered by insurance, cost me ~$6000 cash and made me pony up another $15k.
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And if I don't get the reimbursement for the $15k fast enough, I pay 10% penalty plus income tax on it.
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But sure. My cell phone is the real problem. Fucking doofus.
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the costs are offensive, but the penalty is what ultimately makes me angriest. Fffffuck.
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