[geeks] CPAP - Was ( McRib power!)

[Geoff Reed]

At 12:08 PM 1/13/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Geoff Reed wrote:
>
> > discovered that the dang thing he charged me $1400 for (well, my insurance
> > $1400 for) was $600 or less at several other places on-line :(:(:(
>
>
>Toally normal and expected. Once he submits the insurance claim for
>$1400, the insurance company tells hime he's only getting $1097.36 and
>he says OK. But he's got to pay his own salary, everyone in his office,
>rent or mortgage, etc...
>
>I have no problem with doctors billing insurance at higher rates than
>individuals, and I expect online prices to be lower. Maybe it's just
>me...
]
Unfortunately that's what he bills everyone, insurance or not.  I 
discovered also I could have gotten it for ~ 800 from a local healthcare 
supply company....