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Slash Medical Bills Negotiating & Saving on Healthcare

Name: Slash Medical Bills Negotiating & Saving on Healthcare
Uploaded: 2025-07-17T21:00:01+00:00
Duration: 21 s
Channel: Latasha Transrina Kebe
Description: In this informal conversation, Chad and another speaker discuss the pervasive problem of inflated medical charges and the practical steps patients can…

17 Jul 2025 · 0 min

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In this informal conversation, Chad and another speaker discuss the pervasive problem of inflated medical charges and the practical steps patients can take to reduce them. Chad emphasizes that hospitals are often willing to negotiate bills, especially for patients without large debts, and points out that imaging costs (X‑rays, MRIs) can be ten times higher when performed in‑hospital versus elsewhere. The other speaker shares a personal example: a top endocrinologist ordered a comprehensive blood panel that a well‑known local lab priced at $800, yet an off‑site private lab performed the same tests for $120. Both agree that transparent, real pricing is essential, and that knowing one’s blood‑test results (minerals, vitamins) is crucial for health, even though many avoid testing due to cost. The dialogue ends on a hopeful note that future medicine will offer clearer pricing and better patient access.

If you don't have that much medical debt, it's always worth reaching out to, to the hospital and negotiating with them because they will negotiate those bills down. It does seem like some of these numbers are just completely made up. Yeah, right. When you see charges for X-rays, MRIs, if you would do it somewhere else, it would be 1/10 of the cost. But because you had to do it at the hospital, you know, they get you.
You preaching right now, Chad, because I'm gonna be honest with you. Like, I see a doctor out of New York, an endocrinologist. He's one of the top 5 in the world. Okay. As far as like leading, you know, innovation, AI practices. On the thyroid and things like that. Chad, he gave me a, a panel to go do blood work. I went to a very, very well-known company around here to do blood work. They wanted $800. $800 for the blood work. I Google— I said, no, this is impossible. So I paid the $800 the first time, right, even though my insurance was going to cover some of it. But it's kind of like one of those reimbursement options or whatever, because of all the tests that he wanted to run, they fell out of the scope of you know, I guess immediate tests and it was vitamins and minerals and things like that. So I ended up finding an offsite private lab. Right. My test came back. All the tests, all included, $120.
$120. Unbelievable. I'm hopeful that the future of medicine, these tests, we're going to get real pricing instead of these inflated numbers because that's ridiculous. And, and it's important to know your blood test results, your minerals. You need to know all of that so you can take care of yourself moving forward. And unfortunately, a lot of people just would not take the test because they couldn't afford it, even though they needed it.
That's the basic test that you need. Am I vitamin sufficient or deficient? What are we doing? So mineral as well too.