not 2.5x! Here is an example for you. I’ll spare the details. A worker of mine had back surgery a while back, he was getting bills saying he owed money and he started looking into it. A doctor he had never heard of before, who assisted in his surgery, charged $28,000 for his assistance during the surgery. $28,000! Think about that. The insurance company denied that charge but settled on $10,000 instead. This happens regularly. Fair is fair, and I’m glad we have good doctors, but rape is also rape.
The operating surgeon for any back case doesn’t charge $8k, much less $28k, and insurance pays about $3k, if that. The first assist fee insurance will pay is $1k, if that.
Could use some more details on your story of a $10k first assist fee paid by insurance.
Just sayin’
I guess I can’t speak to surgery charges since I’ve never had any surgery. It’s using kind of a broadbrush though to paint all doctors in AK as engaging in the same behavior as some surgeons have. What does a GP charge for the average office visit?
See my last lengthy post . . . anytime you get a third party involved in paying the bills (no matter who that third party is), you can expect to have that sort of thing happen all the time.