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Originally posted by 229DAK:
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I requested of my PCP a CT Calcium Scoring/Screening.
If you don't mind me asking-
I do not

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Originally posted by 229DAK:
Did your insurance cover this?
Did you require pre-approval?
Does Medicare cover it?
If not, what is the total out-of-pocket cost for this procedure (where you live)?
Our insurance (Medicare + Medigap Plan G) did not cover it. It did not require pre-approval, however I do believe the referral from my PCP was required by the hospital system that performed it. It cost us $156.
At least it was
supposed to have cost us $156. $75 was paid to the hospital at the time of the scan. $81 was billed to Medicare, which they declined. We haven't been invoiced for that, yet.
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Originally posted by berto:
My doctor got me approved for a stress test. My insurance at the time required pre approval. We fibbed a bit about me having chest pains to ease the process.
My stress test was covered by Medicare. No fibbing required, being as the calcium score for which we paid raised a couple red flags.
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Originally posted by 41:
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Originally posted by berto:
I believe the billing statement was over $10k for the CT scan.
You can reverse CT by ...
"CT scan," in the context of the quoted post, refers to Computed Tomography scan. Aka: "cat scan."
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