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Re: Neurotransmitter replacement cost


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rayilynlee wrote: 
Yesterday I got the bill for the overnight hospital stay I had last July 3 to get new neurotransmitters.    It was around  $70,000!!!! - approaching cost of the original DBS brain surgeries.  There was almost a $300 charge for "pharmacy" and I had NO medication except my blood pressure pill I snuck in!!!  Shocking!!  The "bill" said I didn't have to pay as Medicare would.  The school district I taught for also provides me with a secondary insurance.  What a mess this country is in!!

Ray

Rayilyn Brown
Board Member AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation

Ray:

   You can understand why it took from July 3rd until now to get the
"bill" straight, those are big numbers.
    Do you think they will give you 5 months to ponder the statement ?

   My attorney friend tells me that typically the hospital settles  for
about 1/3 of the asking price with

 Medicare.  The reason they inflate the bill is to keep pressure on the
    secondary insurance company.

  What a mess indeed.

    Ned




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