Two years ago, my wife stepped off our boat while mooring and fell on her shoulder. She went to her doctor who referred her to a specialist. She’s on medicare and the doctor looked at her for less than 5 minutes, no x-rays, and gave her two shots; one for pain and one a steroid plus a steroid prescription. She got a copy of the bill from medicare which was over $600 and which was documented by the doctor as surgery. She never saw the ripoff guy again. These doctors are just getting ready for the big paydays around the corner.
Injections are classified as surgery by CMS and every other insurance carrier.