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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...meantime, when I'm next visited by a kidney stone, I plan to ask for more than a quick death. I'll also request a cost rundown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case of the $12,000 Kidney Stone | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

That's helping to drive costs through the roof. I had no idea when they wheeled me into the CT salon to detect my kidney stone that I was getting not one but two CAT scans performed - abdominal and pelvic - at almost $3,500 a pop. I've since learned from medical experts that one would have sufficed. And even if my insurance provider did end up paying closer to $2,000 for each scan, that's still well above the less than $1,500 average CT screening cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case of the $12,000 Kidney Stone | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

...physician's care. It was coded on the bill as Level 5 - the highest, what you would think would be charged for, say, shooting victims or massive coronary patients. While I was admittedly in epic pain during those few hours when the stone drilled its way from kidney to bladder, my case was nowhere near life-threatening. Again, I was simply told, "The doctor determined your care was of the nature reflected by the level that's on the bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case of the $12,000 Kidney Stone | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

...fair, the E.R. care level often has less to do with the severity of the case than with the diagnostic work required of the physician. Still, $3,000 for diagnosing a kidney stone "is unfortunately all too typical in Miami," says one South Florida healthcare expert - a big reason the average annual private healthcare provider costs for a family of four in the city is a remarkable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case of the $12,000 Kidney Stone | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

...patients up with personalized healthcare teams in their communities, which in turn provide more focused, efficient and less costly medical services. An important PCMH feature is making non-emergency care - like less expensive urgent care - more 24/7 accessible to patients who really don't require emergency-level attention. (My kidney stone hit me at night, when my local urgent-care clinic was closed, leaving me with little choice but an E.R.) PCMH "is something we need to encourage because it redirects health care in ways that can save us a lot of money," says Dr. John Rock, dean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case of the $12,000 Kidney Stone | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

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