wow! at first it seems like such a good deal for the patient, then I always wonder how they get away w over-charging so much to begin with... I had $30k of sinus surgeries a couple of year ago, and only paid a co-pay... Ea time they used very specialized, single-use instruments that are discarded after the surgery. that's what drove the high price... My doctor saves the instruments and will sterilize and re-use for the same patient. (She gave me the instruments to keep and bring back if I want a 3rd and final surgery - so there's no doubt that the re-used instruments have only been up my own nose
) She does what she can to help patients financially.. However, blood tests are different.. Why are they still so expensive?? Sorry that Theranos crashed and burned b/c the whole space needs to be disrupted..