Insurance Hall of Shame Award

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)

Comments

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Interesting. If the premium isn't much, it's worth it just for the network reprice...
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