Cost of Blood Tests – Consumer Information

I have medicare and supplemental insurance. I am being charged $299 for 4 blood tests that medicare did not cover. I don’t know if my doctor screwed up on requesting the tests. This is total BS. Pay for medicare insurance & supplemental insurance and still get a bill. Why $299 for 4 blood tests with insurance?

Patient went where he was directed to go and his out of pocket was marked up about 80 to 90% in my experience as a Phlebotomist working with various Labs

Got a bill with no information about tests or cost of each, how many, what kind, information at the hospital was withheld until I got my bill… $6,187.97

My insurance carrier initially refused payment due to a clerical error on their part. The bill from labcorp rolled in at $980. Months later and weeks from going to collections, insurance company corrected error and reprocessed, and amount reduced to $180 per negotiated discount with carrier. I got curious and have researched this issue extensively and have learned that both Labcorp and Quest offer a 45% discount for uninsured, but that you have to work with your doctor and the lab to get the discount. I also checked with multiple online web labs and have uncovered that discounts for the same tests from retail range from as little as 25% to a high of 43%. The marketing is sleek, but the pricing model is straight forward. The labs themselves are milking the uninsured by greater than 230% from those who know how to negotiate this mine field and the on-line labs are simply marking up a few points over the lab providers’ uninsured discount. As for those who don’t know, the markup is 540%

Why is blood lab work so freaking expensive?
During one visit with Doc, my EOB from Ins. Company showed Doc Blood full CBC @ 900., Hospital Lab @ 4,918. Really? Three viles with Doc at one visit. What does it mean, Doc looked at one and sent two to Hospital? Who controls these outrageous fees? Thank God we have Insurance; billed 333. How do they get away billing it? God Bless America!

The Dept of Veterans’ Affairs has various clinics that provide comprehensive care and blood tests for veterans. Mine is at Ft Belvoir, VA, and they do all tests for me at no cost. I then take test results to my civilian doctor.

I have had well over 50 blood tests since Kidney Transplant, each costing around $125 or less., $40 out of pocket after Insurance. UVA charged me $4,780 for exact same testing, and my out of pocket is $820 ! OUTRAGEOUS, NOT paying, and contacting State Attorney General

Went to the ER for pelvic pain. I was billed:
$92.82 for a liter of normal saline (IVF)
$732.12 for a CMP
$101.20 for a urinalysis
$250.47 for a CBC
$169.20 for a PT
$616.31 for “IV HYD INT >31M”
$350.66 for a lipase
$866.52 for “ABD ACUTE COMP”
and a whopping $2123.62 “for ER visit level IV”
… I was only in the ER for 2 hours, the “doctor”
examined me THROUGH MY CLOTHES(!), and then separately billed me over $500.00 for that “exam”.
Thoroughly criminal, in my opinion.

How can one blood test cost that much money…horrible.

In October, a full workup cost me $30 out of pocket. I just got a basic workup in Jan. after being put on blood meds and it cost me $187. Why so much for a more basic test?

My dr started using the facility for lab work. I have never been charged this much before, and can’t afford to pay it, haven’t worked since October. The hospital told me they actually out source it to someone else in another state, I called them to get a explanation but nobody answers.

Simple CBC was ordered for unknown reasons by my pain mgmt dr. Won’t send to my in network Labcorp – and charged a whopping $7939.32. Insurance wouldn’t pay bc out of network. Now sending me the bill for a reduced $329.87! Um NO. I have a zero copay and excellent insurance. This is such a ripoff and I’m shutting them down.

My insurance company was billed $3,220 for this test. They paid $643.80. This was not for a group of tests. The amount charged is outrageous. I don’t think the hospital or doctors see or are aware of these excessive amounts. I feel the patient must stand up for the insurance company in these circumstances. The testing company is NeoGenomics Labs in Orlando, FL

$400 co-payment BC/BS at hospital
The facility that ordered the ABG test won’t do it because of type of insurance, but will do it if I pay cash. For a whopping $108. Gees where should I go, just a word of advice to people call around for prices if you can’t get a price google it to get an idea.

It was supposed to be basic bloodwork for wbc, and then thyroid level . Turns out they sent out my blood for every possible test and I wasn’t informed. I now have a bill for something I won’t be able to pay off.

I got my blood test through this location for $179.

Got an itemized bill from a recent ER visit. On top of charging me for medications (and a seperate charge for administering those medications) that I NEVER received, they charged $860 for a pregnancy test!

i want to know charge of blood of kft lft cbc

Is outrageous how much the above entity is charging me the lab fees are totally inflated please send someone to check this company

On order of Internist, for fulltime employed / ambultory/fully cognitive 66 year- old male not yet on Medicare.but has PPO insurance and confirmed Dx of HCM. No personal or family history/symptoms of Autoimmune Disease,Arthritis, Thyroid or kidney disease. Went to Methodist Hospital of So Cal,Arcadia,CA 91007 for outpatient routine draw of lab tests. With our PPO insurance I have listed the tests ordered,indication for tests, and cost to us AFTER INSURANCE : Free T4 (thyroid panel) $218.00; Sed rate-E-(sed rate test can’t pinpoint problem that’s causing inflammation in your body)-Sterling labs online charges $26; Meth.Hospital in 91007, $145.00, RF (rhematoid arthritis)$135, TSH (thyroid) $364.00, Vit B12-CYA for kidney disease $250. AntiNuclear AB, for autoimmune disease $12, Venipuncture $36-just to draw the blood for above tests=lab invoice is for a whopping $1160 after insurance!!! Thinking this facility wants us to pay for all Illegals or unemployed living here. NOT FAIR.

I was having problems with my foot. My foot was cold all the time and everything so I had a very large variety of test done the original cost without insurance is $2,579 but how can these texts cost so much!!

In the state of Florida ALL doctors may not Upcharge the cost of lab tests for cash patients unless they have their own lab. ie- a urine test done in office can be upcharged

1350.00 after insurance hold on to your ass never again

my brother had some blood testing done for infectious diseases so he could fight in an mma match, because this was non medical he was charged full price and paid out of pocket, total costs coming to 495 at a sliding scale clinic.

I went to Dr Brazelia for a free consultation for hormone and weight issues. Dr Brazelia was very holistic and knowledgeable in regards to correct nutrition and treating the whole person. She told me that my insurance would pay for the Blood Tests and I had a VERY thorough result packet with clear information, in fact each section had a green yellow or red level number indicating problem severity to normal with explanations.It included not only the numbers/levels but also genetic markers. My issue is my insurance DIDN’T Pay even though she told me it would. When she prescribed a 1 week cleanse based on the outcome of the tests and to start a diet program, which was way overpriced, I was told that my insurance didn’t cover office visits and the diet things. I do not think its fair that she did the blood tests without approval from my insurance when she said it was covered. I need to work this one out with them somehow. I also agree with others here who think pricing should be up front

When I had “a full panel” done a few years ago, all I had was a $25 copay. Now, my psychiatrist wanted to figure out if some of my symptoms were caused by something else. He gave me a note and told me to take it “anywhere that does blood tests.” I went to a local urgent care clinic, and after about an hour of stalling, they said they would do it, but they couldn’t guarantee how it would come out on billing because none of THEIR doctors had ordered it. By then I just wanted it to be over, so I let them take my blood. A couple months later, I find out that before insurance it was $3300, so $1300 (after insurance) is such a steal, right? We’re already on a fixed income. Is there actually a way to argue this down?

It takes up to a month to see if my insurance will pay anything on all my blood work. And I am not sure what tests were done.

On my first appointment with the OBGYN for my pregnancy, they told me to do a blood test on location. I went the lady said the amount due was $60 with my insurance. Then two weeks later I receive a statement asking me to pay $447.17, and it bill does not even explain in detail why it is so high. I am a college student how do they think I am gonna get all that. In my country I would only pay $100 max for that same test. I am pissed off!!

Do you believe it $2700…. clearly when medical facilities have exorbitant pricing – prices should be posted. When I go to Walmart – I see what things cost, also at Belks. Medical consumers should have the right to see pricing as well. We must give our life to register – license, medical card, list any and all people we have ever known. But we get little to NO info. So we can say no thanks – going down the road! Im new to the region and feel totally taken. BTW – I have insurance and my portion was over $800

Tests range from $16 – $205

Went to Cancer center for Blood test recommmend by family Doctor. Received bill of $12,423.00
They only took three tubes of blood why did this oc bllod test cost so much out of network or in network why such a high cost.