So I still have not been back to the Urologist to discuss the biopsy results but I have received the documentation of charges and payments from my secondary health insurance company. Medicare being my primary Also remember these charges do not include the charges of the tests ask for by the Urologist 4 days prior to the biopsy procedure of which I had to pay for in cash of also $2000.00 which they billed to me separate prior to tests being performed. There were also other tests 3 or 4 that Medicare and my secondary insurance picked up the costs 100%. The day the biopsy was preformed I had to show up 2 hour prior to the appointed time for preparation for the procedure. The techs and the nurses and Physicians were all very pleasant and did everything to keep me comfortable prior to the procedure. Just a few minutes prior to the procedure my Urologist visited with me to see how I was doing and ask if I had any questions about the procedure. One question I did ask was total time procedure takes and was told about 20 minutes when all goes well.15 minutes after the Urologist departed about 3 other people showed up and wheeled me down a hallway through double doors down another hallway and into a big room with observers which I signed off on in the pre-registration for the procedure. I was not there more than maybe 1 minute if even that and it was lights out. I wake up and see this young man at his work station. He sees me stirring a bit and comes over to see how I am doing and then we talk a bit. He is a recovery room nurse and he tells me they will send someone to get my wife as they would like me to be there for a few more minutes. When my wife gets there he comes back over and tells me in about 10 minutes I can change from the gown to my street clothing. My wife started looking for my clothing and then went to ask the nurse where it was put. The nurse came over raised the table I was laying on, removed the monitoring devices, I got dressed and a nurse assistant had me00sit in a wheel chair and she wheeled me out the front door to the car my wife had brought to the door and I stepped into the car and we came home. The thing I was really surprised about were the amount of the charges just for the biopsy. The total billed by the facility was $48,444. This amount was was all approved by Medicare but Medicare did not pay$351.44 which was paid by my secondary health insurance provider. Leaving me $0.00 to pay. I had already paid about $2000.00 in tests prior to the procedure which was ordered by my Urologist. Breakdown of charges below...
Service Submitted Charges
Prescription Drug $$246.00
Diagnostic Lab Test $5,604.00
Surgery (not including Urologist) $33,597.00
Anesthesia $2,091.00
Xray, technical CHG $1,187.00
Prescription Drug $2,152.00
Prescription Drug $310.00
Prescription Drug $8.00
Prescription Drug $200.00
Prescription Drug $122.00
Prescription Drug $51.00
Prescription Drug $393.00
Surgery $2,483.00
Don't know when the Urologist will bill Medicare, soon I hope so I can see what his charges will be. I won't be seeing my Urologist till the fall to discuss the Prostate biopsy results. I don't like going to Physicians in the Spring and Summer as I like that time for me, not in a waiting room or listening to some Urologist tell me that my Prostate is huge or cancerous. He can do that in the fall or Winter. He may tell me to find another Urologist which is fine with me. If so I will just drop the whole thing cause I am tired of it going on so long with all this testing and procedures and so it goes.
