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Old 05-13-2013, 11:10 AM   #1
bejuce
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Cost of flushing port

Hi HER-2ers,

I got a surprise bill in the mail this weekend charging over $730 for a 10-min visit to the cancer center to flush my port. The insurance covered only $300 and now I'm left with a huge bill.

This seems to be a mistake to me as I don't remember being charged for a port flush like this before. Do you know how much you get charged to flush your port? I've had mine since diagnosis and I've kept it so far.

Thanks,

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Old 05-13-2013, 11:43 AM   #2
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Re: Cost of flushing port

Wow, that has to be a mistake and I'd query it if I were you Bejuce!
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Old 05-13-2013, 01:37 PM   #3
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Re: Cost of flushing port

My port flush was about $150.00. Once they charged me for a blood draw/test which they did not do when they flushed my port, so I had to straighten that out with insurance. Sounds like a mistake to me.
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Old 05-14-2013, 09:02 AM   #4
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Re: Cost of flushing port

I had my port removed earlier this year, but for the 3+ years it was in place the clinic billed approximately $100 for each flushing. Insurance paid about $40 on the claims for port flushing servies. Everyone seemed to be happy with those figures so I think a $730 for a port flushing must be a mistake. Perhaps it was coded incorrectly when the claim was submitted. Good luck on getting this straightened out.---bird
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