Ask a Patient Opinion Poll
Do you understand what you or your insurance company will be billed for after a doctor visit?
(Total Votes: 350)
yes, receipt provides explanatory codes (14.6%) | |
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yes, I know what the bill will be (19.4%) | |
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no, and I don't understand the receipt (35.1%) | |
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no, and I don't usually get a receipt (30.9%) | |
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Voter Comments (the following are opinions of readers and not AskaPatient.com)
• no because you never know what they are going to do after you get there
• check marks are for codes I don't understand
• Not only do the doctors not tell you but they keep it a big secret when you ask and try to find out
• I just wish you knew exactly what you are being billed for when you have surgery.
• what bill?
• It's obscene that we know what a vet's bill dog surgery costs but not a human!!
• I never see how much my doctor will bill my insurance company on my receipt
• I don't know what the bill will be
• I am up on all my med knowledge
• I have no idea and usually can't get a good answer.
• My doctor told me I will a have to pay $100 a visit
• EOB - Explanation of Benefits sometimes helps, sometimes not.
• no statement given
• when I get the visit report from my insurance I always check it to make sure it is correct
• No, I don't know until the bill is mailed; and payment i$ the $ame even if mi$diagno$ed
• I know my Co-pay and our coverage is 80/20, but what the doctor charges and what the codes mean-none
• Insurance company doesn't provide database of what's covered.
• not defined
• No.but a few owe money
• I should, and from now on, I will.
• clean up their act and tell the cost of the visit on a simple form
• Billing office in different location
• They frequently change the formulary. Sometime providing a generic that does not work,
• I ask prior to visit, still never what they say it will be.
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