For the past three weeks I’ve been going through a flare up of an autoimmune neurological condition. It’s been terribly painful. The treatment is high dose IVIG or plasmapheresis. Unfortunately my insurer doesn’t want to pay. I’m told if I had almost any other insurer they would. This has left me trying to find out just how much I’d have to pay out of pocket for either of these services. But absolutely no one knows and no one will work it out for me. All I know is it will be somewhere between $30k and $60k from various guesses that have been offered.
Pricing in the US health system needs regulation. The best option would be all providers must charge the same rate to all customers. Then I could look up the price and know it’s been prenegotiated by big insurance companies.
Pricing in the US health system needs regulation. The best option would be all providers must charge the same rate to all customers. Then I could look up the price and know it’s been prenegotiated by big insurance companies.