My recently OB found out that my white blood count was abnormally high. The OB and my primary physician found nothing wrong with me, so they sent me to the hemotologist. Before going to the hemotologist, I made sure that they were in network for my insurance.
The hemotologist did some blood work and determined that I was basically healthy, and the high white blood count was probably related to allergies, pregnancy, or some minor digestive problems I was having. She said I showed no signs of leukemia, but she was going to do a leukemia test, just to rule it out. She said if she had to guess, she'd be like 90% sure that I did not have leukemia.
So off goes the labwork...
A month later, I got a statement from my insurance company saying that a claim had been submitted for $3500 for some lab work, under a doctor I had never heard of. After some investigation on my part, I found out that the hemotologist had sent my blood to a lab, which was NOT covered by my insurance co
2007-09-10
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MountainChick
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