Two months now waiting for them to “pre-approve” a cheap calcium score test the doctor wants me to get (high cholesterol since forever, no symptoms no family history of stroke or heart attack so no way to know whether to bother treating it without looking). The lab has rescheduled it thrice now.
Which makes zero sense because finding out with what the doctors call a primary cardiac event would be exponentially more expensive for them.
Calcium scoring is almost certainly going to be a self pay. The good thing is, it’s pretty cheap relative to most healthcare ($100 collected up front). The bad thing is, cheap is relative.
Two months now waiting for them to “pre-approve” a cheap calcium score test the doctor wants me to get (high cholesterol since forever, no symptoms no family history of stroke or heart attack so no way to know whether to bother treating it without looking). The lab has rescheduled it thrice now.
Which makes zero sense because finding out with what the doctors call a primary cardiac event would be exponentially more expensive for them.
Calcium scoring is almost certainly going to be a self pay. The good thing is, it’s pretty cheap relative to most healthcare ($100 collected up front). The bad thing is, cheap is relative.