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Old 05-18-2017, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Radioman41 View Post
Mayo Clinic does not accept Medicare assignments, however, they will bill medicare and the check will come to the patient. I was advised that they can bill up to 15% more than what medicare allows. If this turns out to be how it works, it won't be too bad. I presume the secondary insurance will reimburse their 20% on what medicare allows.
15% wouldn't be bad at all (unless you have a $500,000 bill). But I'd get that in WRITING before committing.