I am a 25 year old male without health insurance. I think I may have a hernia. I want to see a physician to get a check up and overall physical. How much would I have to pay to get a check-up without insurance?
2007-09-14 09:23:48 · 3 answers · asked by mattweber6 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
It all depends upon where you go and what part of the country you live in but you should budget $200 to $300 for a complete physical. Of course, if you do have a hernia and need an operation you're looking at thousands of dollars.
Be very wary of medical discount cards. They are not regulated by the Department of Insurance nor do the people that sell them need to be licensed. This means you have little recourse when you have problems with the plan. If you are tempted by the low price and claims of “save up to 80%” be aware that very few doctors actually take these cards. It does you little good if you have to drive 4 hours to find a doctor that will accept the card. Montana couldn’t find any doctors in the whole state that actually took the card and only one dentist who was on probation for unlawful activities so they banned the sale of the card and fined the company. See this link http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2006/11/22/74554.htm for more information. Many other states are starting to ban these cards as well.
Before signing up with any discount plan get a list of doctors. If they won’t give you a list consider it to be a scam. Call the doctors on the list to make sure they’re still taking the card (many don’t even know that they’re listed as a provider) and that they’re accepting new patients.
2007-09-15 07:54:21 · answer #1 · answered by Zarnev 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With Ameriplan you will save from 15% to 80% on doctor visits.
Go to www.ameriplan.com/Trent
to find out what you need to know. If interested email me and I will help you get signed up for discount health care. Thanks.
2007-09-14 16:49:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends where you go. many offices have self-pay programs. the best thing you can do is call around and see what they pricing is. it will be more or less depending on any tests they run. it really depends on the doctors office.
2007-09-14 16:30:19 · answer #3 · answered by beautifulbunny0286 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋