Me versus medical billing:

yayayayayayayay - IT"S A NEW DAY - HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!

anna verses drexel med, women's center

round one: they charge me $352 + $50 injection fee PER HPV SHOT! (it's 3 shots total)
are you effing kidding me???
- i pay off first bill.

beginning in may, i start to call and complain, because it should really be only like $350 TOTAL, about $150 a shot. and so i wait and play the calling game.

round two: susan from billing (we are first name basis now) starts to tell me that the billing office is in talks with the med center. i keep calling every few weeks. she tells me that they are still trying to get in touch with the office manager and supervisors
- get bill for other two shots - now have balance of over $900.

round three: susan tells me that they have been unable to get a response from the women's center supervisor. after thanksgiving, i call and leave a message for the supervisor

today susan leaves me a message telling me good news: i only have to pay $78 more and it's DONE! I"M HOME FREEEEEEE

TAKE THAT DREXEL BITCHES and INSURANCE CO ASSWIPES, you ain't gettin anymore of my monay lalalalalalalalala anna versus drexel and ANNA WON!!!!!!!!!!!!! aiaiaiaiaiai

for the love of everything holy, who charges $50 per injection site?

omg am totally riding high now that i won't have to pay that crazy ass bill. months later, it's done.

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in reality though, i am grateful for all of my healthcare coverage, past and future. not presently, because under drexel's lame ass plan, i get no coverage for preventative health measures, yearly checkups, or any kind of general work. it's basically catasrophic coverage - gee thanks! so i paid out of pocket of all bloodwork, urine tests, office visits, etc and BELIEEEEVE me that is all quite expensive. it's crazy how much testing they do with your blood and how much it actually costs.

but underlying it all i suppose i can be grateful for this experience now, as it has taught me a lot about the healthcare/insurance system and what many people in this country are going through...urgh it sucks and hopefully we can do something about it soon!