Here's something to think about.
I had carpel tunnel surgery performed on both my wrists.
For the initial office visit I waited in the waiting room for over an hour. Then waited for another 1/2 hour in the exam room. The doc spen 15 minutes with me and sent me to the registration desk to schedule the surgery. I was billed for this time.
When I went in for surgery at 9:00 am things were backed up and sat waiting until about 3:00pm when they could finally get me in for surgery. The doc came and told me the surgery would take about 45 minutes to perform. He had been doing these all day that day and was a bit behind. I woke up about an hour later and left the hospital about a half hour after waking up.
My insurance company was slow in paying the bill so the doc sent me a bill for the surgery. The bill was about $4,600.00. I had both wrist done at the same time so it was about $2,300.00 per wrist. He had each wrist listed seperately on the bill. Think about how much this comes out per hour when you consider it only takes him 45 minutes. He sold a service not an hourly rate.
This was only his bill for the surgery. There was additional billing for the anesthesiologist and charges for the operating room and supplies.
The insurance was slow in paying because they said they wanted the bill reduced since he did both wrists at the same time.
I'm sure he drifts of to sleep just fine watching his 65 inch plasma tv in the master suite after a nice soak in the hot tub.
These are the same customer's we worry about overcharging because we charge $152 to install a GFCI receptacle.
