That is how everyone bills. A seperate fee for a seperate look-see.
Sorry I know that is lame. But that is the way it is done, it's legal, it's the norm.
If you go into a grocery store thinking that you will buy eggs and then pick up some bread you will be charged for both. Not just the eggs.
If you take your car in for an oil change and a tire rotation you will be charged for both.
When you go to the dr or hospital you will have indivual charges for all line items. Otherwise people would be in there for hours, can you check my ears, I have this mole, (can you remove it), my neck cracks, I have a foot fungas, my heart races, my eyes are blurry, I have the runs on other days I can't go. It goes on and on and on on.
There are some simple things we can do.
1) Use birth control. 1/3 of all births are now welfare babies. The cost is in the billions.
2) Don't smoke.
3) Watch your weight and exercise.
Just doing small things if people would take better care of themselves would ease the health care problem greatly.
When you see a crack mom giving birth to her 5th child and it to0 will have mental and physical problems you can imagine that this family alone with cost a million to support before they are 18.
Today I had an inner city man call and ask if we took Care Source I said "no I am sorry we don't" and he said F&^K you!! We all got a good laugh. What ya gonna do, either you laugh at the ignorant fool or you feel sorry for them and I have been in this business too long to feel pity for people like that.
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A true, but odd, insurance event.

I get an EOB for J's 5 year check up- something that should be covered without cost to me- under the 'new' plan. I see all but $70 is covered, and the whole bill is $500 something. An amount that I found outrageous, btw. We were there for 15 minutes of the doctor's time. But, I digress.

So, I called the insurer (Anthem) and asked about the $70 charge, and wondered why it wasn't 'free'. The woman (very nice) told me that only well visits are paid in full (and actually, they aren't close to being paid in full, but at a contracted for amount). I told her that I had scheduled the visit one month in advance, and that it was a well visit. She asked, seriously, "well, did you talk about anything besides well visit things?"

LOL. Well, yes, we did. J had another sinus infection, and the doctor, while performing the typical 5 year check up, checked his ears and saw fluid. And, wrote a prescription (for which I paid- out of pocket, $114 or $115 for a 20 day supply), noting in the the chart another sinus infection. And, he billed it separately.

I don't blame the doctor. He HAS to bill for every single event (like the 4 shots and the administration of the 4 shots...). But, that is crazy.