Please find enclosed my check for $109.50. While I am paying this bill, I believe that this charge is incredibly excessive. $93.50 of this bill is for a “Uroflowmetry, Complex” test. This basically involved me urinating for a total of 5 seconds into a funnel. I calculate this to be $18.70 per second of tinkle.
What really bothers me is that this procedure is coded as “surgery”, when it was nothing of the kind. And so it was applied to my yearly deductible that I have to pay for “surgery”, making the whole reason why I pay for insurance a moot point.
And, yes, I have already had the discussion with both your office and Blue Cross about why this test is coded as surgery. I still think it’s a bunch of bunk.
This is making me consider “shopping around” for another urologist. I don’t think I can afford such a fancy clinic. I know you all probably have to pay a premium price for your fancy location at xxxxxxxx, so this means charging patients out the wazoo (no pun intended) for services. Even though you all seem to shuttle about 50 of us per hour through the waiting room, I’m sure it’s still tough to break even.
Anyhow, I hope this money will be applied to the cost of a new funnel. Your old one is getting kind of yellow.
I sent this to my doctor's office today....