FYI

Here's an FYI for you.

 

I had an order for my labwork from my OB. My frugal hubby called around to compare prices for the hospital lab versus another lab recommended to us by Samaritan Ministries. (our healthshare newsletter) Turns out that even after the hospital's self-pay discount their lab was still more than twice the price of the new lab we found. Unbelievable! And, even if you have insurance, I'm guessing that, depending on your co-pays, you'd still pay less going self-pay, since they have to mark up the price insanely for insured patients. One test we needed was priced at $40 for self-pay and $200 for insured patients.

 

We used www.saveonlabs.com. Thought I'd pass the info along for anyone willing to do some comparison shopping. It was well worth the $140 savings for us! Something tells me if we all started price shopping, we just may see some changes in the medical market.

 

Still, we got there a little late so my bloodwork and glucose test have to wait until tomorrow. It feels good to have a little bit of control with some of our choices, though. :)