Being out-of-network has never been better! Let’s charge $10,000 for a test that costs $130 and never have to worry about not being paid the full amount………………………..
AHIP said that the CARES Act requires insurers to pay the listed cash price for a COVID-19 test if there isn’t a contract with the provider or lab, “thus eliminating their ability to negotiate more affordable test prices.”
Being out-of-network has never been better Let’s charge $10,000 for a test that costs $130 and never have to worry about not being paid the full amount!
Price Gouging takes its newest form with Chinese (Wuhan, Covid, etc) Flu testing.
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FROM TPA
So, you know how MEC plans have been under mandate to cover this testing as well. MEC plans also are not designed to cover ER visits. But I saw several MEC plan claims from a consultant that were exorbitant. Two of these claims were in the $5000 range and one, a plan member visited an ER, they ran a covid test and the plan was liable for the covid test and the ER visit, some $10,000!
