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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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<blockquote data-quote="Car 54" data-source="post: 346015" data-attributes="member: 85"><p>I understand up to a point of a Dr's overhead and the lack of insurance reimbursement, but how can an office not make it when they're charging the patient on average $1100 to 1200 for a crown and getting it from a lab anywhere from $80. to 160. per unit (speaking from the C&B side)? Is the greatest overhead $$ staff, and maybe having to many? How many really need to be at the front desk, or how many assistants? Is it hard to let staff, "family" go, so the Dr looks for other areas to cut back on, the first target being the lab/bill? I ask in sincerity, and not so much in jest, as you did bring up some good points in your post.</p><p></p><p> Patients who ask, or family members who've asked me, are always amazed at the disparity of what a Dr charges and what the lab fee is, but <em>in a way</em>, I do get the cost, overhead on your end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Car 54, post: 346015, member: 85"] I understand up to a point of a Dr's overhead and the lack of insurance reimbursement, but how can an office not make it when they're charging the patient on average $1100 to 1200 for a crown and getting it from a lab anywhere from $80. to 160. per unit (speaking from the C&B side)? Is the greatest overhead $$ staff, and maybe having to many? How many really need to be at the front desk, or how many assistants? Is it hard to let staff, "family" go, so the Dr looks for other areas to cut back on, the first target being the lab/bill? I ask in sincerity, and not so much in jest, as you did bring up some good points in your post. Patients who ask, or family members who've asked me, are always amazed at the disparity of what a Dr charges and what the lab fee is, but [I]in a way[/I], I do get the cost, overhead on your end. [/QUOTE]
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