How much do your routine blood tests cost?

I just got a $1,300 Bill for my general labs. Insurance covered $500, guess who needs to cover the rest?!

I can't believe it, for a blood test??

Has anyone else seen this? I'm really floored and can't afford that.

Thanks

I don't think that's for a blood test.  It's for a whole bunch of blood tests. Last time I got labs done, they needed to draw 14 tubes of blood.  They did more than 14 tests.  And yeah, that amount sounds about right.

Do you know why you insurance only covered $500 of it?  Were there some tests they did not cover at all?  My insurance pays 80% of my labs.  Yours paid less than half.

I pay about $350. They bill about $1500, but will take what my insurance company would reimburse them for if it were a covered service. I pay upfront.

Ya i just had my 1 year post op ones done, and I had to have them done at the hospital since the lab didnt have tubes for the minerals. They submitted over 1900 for all the test. I think it was 14 or 15 test done. My insurance made the hospital write off about 800 of it and now I have to pay the rest of it since I havent meet my 4k out of pocket this year. I have learned to ask for them next year as part of my yearly physical since they cover all ordered lab work at 100% at that visit.

Thanks, that is good to know about the physical coverage and I will definitely do it for my 1 year.

Make sure to check with your insurance first. Just ask if order blood work is included in your yearly physical. for most insurances your yearly pap and physical is paid at 100%, and there for most all lab work ordered from those visits is paid at 100%.

This is exactly what happened to me. My insurance also pays 100% if it's done with my annual physical.

Just a follow up. That is a major gripe I have with the healthcare industry. They should have to post their prices for things like that so a person can make some informed decisions about where to get their tests done.

Totally agree! Now I know to ask if they can be done elsewhere. My doctor told me they had to be done at the hospital lab. But no way am I doing that again.

My local hospital does have prices for labs listed online. But I would assume any lab would provide you with that information if you asked for it.