Endoscopy

• dlazz

  Has anyone had one done? The doctor suggested I get one the last time I was in for my GERD, and haven't gotten around to doing it.
  
  Does insurance typically cover it? I'm finding conflicting results as to whether it is preventative or not.
• like_that

  

  Vasectomy.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Just have your throat amputated.
• dlazz

  This helps.
  
  Thanks guys.
• tk421

  

  my mom is going through this right now, really having trouble swallowing food and stuff. Doctor said they want her to get scoped but haven't done it yet. Don't know anything about insurance, though.
• Mohican00

  

  dlazz;1436506 wrote:This helps.
  
  Thanks guys.

  More interested in your job search. Gonna need a new update soon
• dlazz

  tk421;1436548 wrote:my mom is going through this right now, really having trouble swallowing food and stuff. Doctor said they want her to get scoped but haven't done it yet. Don't know anything about insurance, though.

  I've suffered through it for years, but recently it's been really rough.
• TedSheckler

  

  I had it done a few years ago. They drug you up, so you don't feel anything. You won't even remember it. I just had a minor sore throat the next day, then I was fine.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  TedSheckler;1436586 wrote:I had it done a few years ago. They drug you up, so you don't feel anything. You won't even remember it. I just had a minor sore throat the next day, then I was fine.

  
  That was from a ¢ock.
• TedSheckler

  

  ernest_t_bass;1436675 wrote:That was from a ¢ock.

  Reported.
  
  But you could be right.
• Terry_Tate

  

  Had bad stomach issues about 2 years ago and had one. Like stated above, you're drugged and won't remember a thing. They said everything was fine after mine so who knows what was wrong. Don't remember how insurance handled it though.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  You forgot the /ETB in the OP. Nice fail
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Commander of Awesome;1436745 wrote:You forgot the /ETB in the OP. Nice fail

  
  I see what you did there!
• BR1986FB

  I've had it done twice. The second time the doc didn't tell me he was doing it so I didn't have a driver to take me home (which they suggest because of the drugs). So...he had to "go in dry", without the meds. Jesus I thought I was gonna die. Now I know how Linda Lovelace felt. Insurance should cover it.
• dlazz

  BR1986FB;1436839 wrote:I've had it done twice. The second time the doc didn't tell me he was doing it so I didn't have a driver to take me home (which they suggest because of the drugs). So...he had to "go in dry", without the meds. Jesus I thought I was gonna die. Now I know how Linda Lovelace felt. Insurance should cover it.

  It looks like they'd cover it, but I'm not sure if it qualifies as preventative care. If it's preventative care, they'll cover 100% of it. If not, I have to pay the deductible ($1000) and then they'll cover 80% after that.
• BR1986FB

  dlazz;1436845 wrote:It looks like they'd cover it, but I'm not sure if it qualifies as preventative care. If it's preventative care, they'll cover 100% of it. If not, I have to pay the deductible ($1000) and then they'll cover 80% after that.

  Not sure why it wouldn't be "preventative." Looking down your throat to see if there might be tumors seems kind of "preventative" to me.
• queencitybuckeye

  BR1986FB;1436853 wrote:Not sure why it wouldn't be "preventative." Looking down your throat to see if there might be tumors seems kind of "preventative" to me.

  Unless it's the same scam many insurers have with their coverage with colonoscopy. It's fully covered unless they find something, then it's on your dime.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  queencitybuckeye;1436854 wrote:Unless it's the same scam many insurers have with their coverage with colonoscopy. It's fully covered unless they find something, then it's on your dime.

  If they find something wrong during a coloscopy, 80% vs full coverage is going to be least of your worries!!!!
  
  Unless you have a really generous employer (or are covered by a governmental body like a city or school plan that has tax collectors for salesmen), endoscopes are almost never covered as a "preventative" procedure They normally don't do them until there is an indication of a problem
  
  Typically, it's subject to your deductible, then at a percentage until you meet your annual out-of-pocket limit limit for the year. You'll get two billed services - the facility (a lot of these take plan in "surgical suites", which are treated like an outpatient hospital service; a bill from the physician who actually does the scope. You might also get a bill from a pathologist if the snip off a piece of your innards and send it off for a biopsy.
• queencitybuckeye

  Cat Food Flambe';1437086 wrote:If they find something wrong during a coloscopy, 80% vs full coverage is going to be least of your worries!!!!
  

  Finding a polyp or two != finding something wrong, it's entirely normal, but it changes who pays under many policies.