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Are U on Medicare? Your Co-Pays could be Higher by 140% .Read On

U need Outpatient Medical Procedure and U Did Not Check Your Copays ahead. Compare Prices Charged by Independent Facility Vs.Hospital owned

ARE U on MEDICARE? Do U know that U have to pay 20% for Outpatient Medical Procedures as CO-Pays?

NY Times wrote an article on Feb.6,2015,"When Hospitals Buy Doctors ,Patients Co-Pays Go UP"

They cited an example of Cardiac Sonogram --in your independent Cardiologist doctor's office who billed U 189$ and Your Co-Pays was 20% of 189= 38 $.

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Now your Cardiologist sold out to the Hospital, Your Bill is 453$ of which 20% is 90$.

So Your Co_PAY goes from 38$ to 90$. which is 137% Higher.

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Hospital now bills U --and they charge their OVERHEADS and raise Price to 453$.

Try Colonoscopy Price in 3 facilities located near GENEVA COMMONS.

Delnor Hospital price may be 4500$-5000$ for Preventive Screening COLONOSCOPY--SEE DATA from Aetna,United Health,Humana.

Tricities Surgical Center-Your Gastroenterologist tells U may be lower-around 3200-3700$.

But Independent Facility-American Colonoscopy & Endoscopy Center,Geneva,Il. adjacent to Geneva Commons charges total Fees of around 1700$. Please Call 6302322025 to confirm.

Like that there are independent facilities where U can get MRI ,Sonogram,Knee Surgery ,CT Scan etc where prices vary FAR LESS.

Well U have to PAY 20%--So why Get OutPatient Medical Procedure at Most Expensive Facility. U could be paying 140% MORE CO PAYS.

Check out the Quality?

Gastroenterologist at American Colonoscopy -has MD from Johns Hopkins Univ.Medical School,1996--a top Medical School in USA, Trained at The Cleveland Clinic in Gastroenterology from 1999-2002-3 Years at # 2 Rated in Gastroenterology by US News & World Report.

So U are getting your procedure at Certified Facility-and Saving a Lot on Co-Pays.

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