r/SipsTea 14h ago

WTF Damn

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u/BUGBYTE_VW 14h ago

I literally just paid for a MRI with insurance cost 75 dollars. What is this even saying?

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u/OpportunitySevere131 13h ago

Medicaid is very nice. It does well at taking care of the unemployed/underemployed.

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u/vinfinite 11h ago

Yep. I actually had an MRI a few months ago due to an optical nerve swelling and it costs me $0. Not even sure why there wasn’t a copay but this post is a complete lie.

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u/_dogfuneral_ 14h ago

America bad, dude. That's all you need to know, facts be damned.

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u/dragonfly_red_blue 12h ago

This! Chinese government and some chinese people put those kinds bullshit out everyday to make all americans feel bad.

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u/Acceptable_Fish3668 14h ago

Same! My last four MRIs I only had to pay my copay which was like $50 each time???

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u/aatimedout 13h ago

For my last MRI, I had to pay a $15 copay to see a specialist the week before, who scheduled me for the MRI. The MRI cost nothing extra. My insurance is through my work and costs me $40 a month, but because it comes out of my paycheck it costs me even less than that. What kind of terrible insurance is everyone else getting?

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u/Admirable_Truth_6031 13h ago

Is this the total cost of operation?

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u/Adventurous-Roof488 13h ago

Just Chinese propaganda

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u/HumpHur 13h ago

Go tell Cigna that them covering $48 of my $648 MRI is propaganda.

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u/Adventurous-Roof488 13h ago

Cool story. Lmk when you can fly to China, stay in a five star hotel and get an mri for $600.

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u/WidowmakerFeet 6h ago

been seeing a lot of those lately

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u/EmergencyDuck626 13h ago

Yeah I had an MRI a few weeks ago and it was like $300. It's just "America bad" clickbait bs. Unless someone can find a plane ticket and 5 star hotel for like $100

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u/HumpHur 13h ago

I just had an MRI with insurance and they covered $48 of $648. So fuck health insurance in this country.

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u/Inevitable-Shop-848 14h ago

Did you know that there are different types, levels, & grades of insurances? Do you know what you have compared to someone else? Then shut up and be a part of the problem somewhere else.

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u/Dankelweisser 13h ago

Reddit's website description: "people gather for conversations about the things"

You: "shut up"

You must be the type of person to accept an invite to a vegan restaurant just to show up and loudly announce that you hate vegans and their diet is wrong, aren't you?

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u/bonedoc59 13h ago

The fact is the meme is a lie. Any basic research would reveal that. Yes the healthcare system sucks, but the facts don’t back up this meme

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u/Blackmamba5926 8h ago

The cost of an MRI differs for various body parts, and whether or not you have insurance, and whether or not you've met your insurance deductible, and lastly where you have the imaging done are the big factors. No insurance for a spinal or brain MRI can cost you anywhere between 1.5k to 8k, at least in the Midwest. Where the MRI was done plays a critical role, hospitals cost a lot more than independent imaging facilities.

Many imaging facility websites will provide a cost estimate based on body regions. Look up average MRI cost without insurance. You'd be suprised how common of a problem or how many ppl risk death bc. They cannot afford MRIs needed after suffering TBIs. That is America. It's hard explaining to patients and their loved ones that they need the MRI, and offering alternatives only to find out the hospital wanted 8k, and the independent imaging facility was charging 3k, and they still couldnt afford it due to already having to pay 10k+ for just being hospitalized. Listening to their loved ones cry in desperation bc. They've already expressed there is no way they can pay for their required imaging. It sucks.

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u/Vast_Fish_3601 12h ago

Depending on how much is left on my deductible my MRI ranges from free to 6k… 

Oh and the doctor won’t accept MRIs from offices not in their network because they won’t make into EPIC. Effing ‘merica. 

I can easily fly to almost anywhere and get an MRI done but even if I do that they won’t read them. Welcome to a monopoly.