YOU said "No CT Scan is $43. First, it's an incredibly expensive piece of equipment. It's takes a lot of power to operate and a highly trained technician to maintain and in a room where the temperature and humidity are regulated."
IDIOT HERE is the table that I got that information from:
Look at this screen shot from the report I have for
Florida Hospital Tampa
3100 East Fletcher Avenue
Tampa, FL 33613
Telephone Number: (813) 971-6000
Hospital Website:
www.elevatinghealthcare.org/locatio...
CMS Certification Number: 100173
What you are looking at in the below colored row is the CT without Contrast
The above hospital was paid on 1,362 claims by Medicare an average of $3,463!
Medicare KNOWS the hospital's average cost to perform the service is $57!
So if the costs the hospital reports is $57.. all that expensive equipment etc....per claim
and dividing $3,463 the hospital was paid on average by Medicare by the average of $57 cost..
6,075%!!!!!
YOU tell me differently OK.. This information comes from this source:
Medicare OPPS claims data are for calendar year ending 12/31/2011.
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Profile Definitions and Methodology
Outpatient Utilization Statistics by APC
All information in this report is taken from the Medicare Hospital OPPS Identifiable Data Set which is updated annually by CMS based on the service year (i.e. calendar year). The file includes hospital outpatient billing data for 100% of all Medicare fee-for-service claims for outpatient services provided during the twelve months ending December 31. The report is consistent with CMS Data Release policies.
Information is reported for the twenty Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APCs) representing the highest Medicare payment to the hospital. APCs are defined by the procedures performed according to definitions published by CMS for the corresponding service year.
A list of APCs is provided for reference.
Note that the Number of Patient Claims may be less than the Units of Service provided (i.e. one claim may include multiple units of service for a procedure).
Average Charges are based on both covered and non-covered charges for all accommodations and services (related to the revenue code) for a billing period before reduction for the deductible and coinsurance amounts and before an adjustment for the cost of services provided.
Average Costs are based on charges adjusted to cost using the hospital's specific cost center cost-to-charge ratio.
DO YOU KNOW UNDERSTAND how stupid,complicated,convoluted, DESTRUCTIVE Obamacare is IF right NOW Medicare agrees to a 6,000% Markup!!!
