Low cost lab services
Dec. 8th, 2010 08:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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whisper99 :
I read this article today on CNN and thought it was pretty neat! Basically for people who have high deductibles on their insurance (or who have no insurance) they can order blood work using this website: http://www.prepaidlab.com/
To quote from the article (http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/12/08/low.cost.lab.tests/index.html)
Jeff Hughey of Akron, a 50-year-old information systems technician, needed a comprehensive metabolic profile, a lipid panel and a hemoglobin test for blood sugar. Even with health insurance, the three tests were going to cost him more than $400.
"Insurance doesn't kick in until you have paid $2,000 out of pocket," he said. "... I just couldn't afford over $400 for three simple tests."
Hughey remembered the doctor had mentioned the low-cost lab website.
"I got online with PrePaidLab, registered with them, checked the pricing, and the final total was $50.45, including the $9.50 service fee," he said.
Hughey had a doctor's appointment two days later, and he and Lefton had already seen the results of the tests.
"You're prepared when you go to the doctor," Hughey said. "You're not blindsided by any out-of-sorts results."
whisper99 :I read this article today on CNN and thought it was pretty neat! Basically for people who have high deductibles on their insurance (or who have no insurance) they can order blood work using this website: http://www.prepaidlab.com/
To quote from the article (http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/12/08/low.cost.lab.tests/index.html)
Jeff Hughey of Akron, a 50-year-old information systems technician, needed a comprehensive metabolic profile, a lipid panel and a hemoglobin test for blood sugar. Even with health insurance, the three tests were going to cost him more than $400.
"Insurance doesn't kick in until you have paid $2,000 out of pocket," he said. "... I just couldn't afford over $400 for three simple tests."
Hughey remembered the doctor had mentioned the low-cost lab website.
"I got online with PrePaidLab, registered with them, checked the pricing, and the final total was $50.45, including the $9.50 service fee," he said.
Hughey had a doctor's appointment two days later, and he and Lefton had already seen the results of the tests.
"You're prepared when you go to the doctor," Hughey said. "You're not blindsided by any out-of-sorts results."
