In addition to saving on MRIs, you can also save on lab tests and outpatient medical care if you self pay. This can really help for those with large deductibles or co-pays, or no insurance. Of course, you won’t find any discounts at large hospitals systems, but you can find good deals at independent and solo practices that accept self pay patients.
Even if costs are going up for medical care at hospitals, pay is going down for physicians and many are now opting out of Medicare and private third party insurance. Some Medicare patients may even go outside of the big box hospital system and self pay so that they can get high quality, confidential and personalized health care which is often cheaper in the long run than assembly line medicine.
“”Some Medicare patients may even go outside of the big box hospital system and self pay so that they can get high quality, confidential and personalized health care which is often cheaper in the long run than assembly line medicine.””
Darn - I thought I read that we wouldn’t be allowed to go outside the system according to obamacare. Pretty much as it was planned in the old hillarycare bill from the ‘90’s. I can’t remember where I saw that - an email or article or the obamacare Survival Guide. The recommendation was to seek medical treatment OUTSIDE the country before it all comes tumbling down.