United Healthcare
Oct 13th 2009, 7:02 pm
#31
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Location: Reno Nevada
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Re: United Healthcare
I am having minor procedure done and asked for the codes from my Dr 1st then called Blue Cross and got a $ amount then got the Drs to confirm the procedure price and all the extrs in writing, the bastards aren't catching me out anymore this year if I can help it. 
Oct 13th 2009, 8:41 pm
#32
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Re: United Healthcare
Contact the doctor and see if they can resubmit the claim with the code for office. Sometimes there can be a gray area around that kind of stuff. If they say no then ask for a price reduction. If they say no to that then say you will pay their price on a payment plan of $1 a week since the cost was unexpected and not what your insurance quoted.
Oct 13th 2009, 9:16 pm
#33
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Re: United Healthcare
Contact the doctor and see if they can resubmit the claim with the code for office. Sometimes there can be a gray area around that kind of stuff. If they say no then ask for a price reduction. If they say no to that then say you will pay their price on a payment plan of $1 a week since the cost was unexpected and not what your insurance quoted.
Oct 13th 2009, 9:23 pm
#34
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Re: United Healthcare
Contact the doctor and see if they can resubmit the claim with the code for office. Sometimes there can be a gray area around that kind of stuff. If they say no then ask for a price reduction. If they say no to that then say you will pay their price on a payment plan of $1 a week since the cost was unexpected and not what your insurance quoted.
Oct 13th 2009, 9:23 pm
#35
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Re: United Healthcare
Another option is to get the company's HR dept to push for a waiver of the extra cost due to their error in the calculator. After all, the employer is the customer of the insurance company and United Healthcare might want to keep the employer sweet. Probably a small probability of it working, but there's nothing to lose...
Oct 14th 2009, 12:34 am
#36
Gotta have more cowbell
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Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Hoosier State
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Re: United Healthcare
Contact the doctor and see if they can resubmit the claim with the code for office. Sometimes there can be a gray area around that kind of stuff. If they say no then ask for a price reduction. If they say no to that then say you will pay their price on a payment plan of $1 a week since the cost was unexpected and not what your insurance quoted.
I spoke with a wifie at the hospital last week. They're willing to do interest free for the next 9 months, which was alright of them I guess.
Nov 11th 2009, 3:11 pm
#37
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Re: United Healthcare
Bit of a result 
UHC have reduced my balance with the hospital from $1,115 to $750.
They acknowledged their online Treatment Cost Calculator wasshite flawed, so they met me in the middle as to what they/I expected.
Thanks everyone for the input.
Glad I posted in the 1st place.
UHC have reduced my balance with the hospital from $1,115 to $750.
They acknowledged their online Treatment Cost Calculator was
Thanks everyone for the input.
Glad I posted in the 1st place.
