[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

I just saw this article on facility fees. I had never heard of them but it seems like a new scam.

Has anyone been charged facility fees??

Did your doctor'''s office charge you a '''facility fee'''? Here'''s what to know.

Are you on Medicare? Do you have a decent supplemental policy? If so, you probably don’t need to worry about this. I have Medicare and a Blue Cross/Blue Shield supplemental policy. Between them, THEY decide what gets paid, no matter what is billed, and in most cases the doctors and hospitals are NOT allowed to pass on to me whatever they don’t pay. For example, I had a serious surgery in January and was in the hospital overnight. The total bill came to $131,000. Of that, my insurances paid about $15,000 total, and I had to pay $259. If I get an MRI, I pay nothing and my insurance pays about $150 of a $5,000 bill and cancels the rest. I doubt that any extra facilities fees are paid.