I am giving this weeks Shame award to Cigna HealthCare. They are most deserving for their insurance product that someone actually pays for. I do not know what the monthly premium is but I would sure love to know. The physicians bill was $306.00. Of course the insurance company paid zero. This is not unusual at all. First they disallowed some of the bill as "Not Covered/Discount." The remainder...$220.14 was applied to the patient's deductible for 2011. So far Cigna has applied $3,584.30 toward the deductible in 2011 for this patient.
Do you think the patient will reach the deductible in 2011?
The annual deductible for this patient is $99,999.00.
No that is not a typo. Enough said?
(Thanks to my colleague JS for sending me the provider explanation of medical benefits report)
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