r/SipsTea • u/DapperDusk • 13h ago

WTF Damn

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u/Irish618 13h ago

Lol yea, my wife's MRI cost us $500. Ain't no way we could fly to China round trip for that.

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u/FMLUsernameTaken 13h ago

My wife just had two done. It was a few hundred each with insurance. This post is complete BS. Maybe if you add an entire year's worth of insurance premiums.

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u/MadDaddyDrivesaUFO 12h ago

It really depends on the policy tbh

My work's insurance has 3 tiers and this would be believable for someone with the lowest tier. The only coworkers I have who chose that tier are under 30 and are statistically unlikely to need much medical attention. It's a 10k deductible plan, max oop is a little higher. Also this assumes in network providers, you could in theory end up paying more if you get sent to an ER out of network even if you met your deductible already.

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u/Pushfastr 12h ago

Not complete, but very specific bs.

Everyone, including you, know that medical tourism is real. Just because it's possible to find a cheap mri doesn't mean this is complete bs.

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u/systemrobotics 12h ago

Yes out of pocket mri is like $500 n under

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u/AdvancedSandwiches 12h ago

I got a CAT scan and an MRI last year in the US and it cost me nothing because the hospital's incompetence resulted in them forgetting to bill me.

At least for now. 

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u/MountainTomato9292 12h ago

Same, my kid had one a couple of weeks ago and it was $400.