With health care costs spiraling up, is there a way to control this roller coaster?
Welcome to the HealthCare Shopping Network, LLC! At HCSN, we help you shop for your health care services, just like you shop for your car. We'll do the shopping for you because most people don't even know they can ask for the price, much less who to ask. In fact, they're afraid to ask. Further, most people don't have the time to negotiate this process. Let's face it: when was the last time you asked the cost of your office visit? Better yet, does your doctor know what he charges?
With health care costs spiraling up, there has to be a way to control this roller coaster. That's where the HealthCare Shopping Network, LLC. comes in. We do comparison shopping for your healthcare services. That is, we shop your doctor, hospital, or lab and give you alternative pricing from other providers within your health insurance provider network.
In doing so, we stretch your employees' healthcare dollars and reduce your company's claim costs. The best part of this is that everyone benefits: you, your employees, your company, and your health insurance company.
Who can use our services?
- Individuals with health insurance
- Employers whether you're a small business or a Fortune 500 company
True Example 1:
Here is a small, but still eye-opening example: Suppose you need to have your blood drawn for a test. Your doctor tells you to go down the hall to his lab at the hospital. To get this done, the hospital charge is $322. To get the same labwork done from an offsite lab costs $114.80. However, the health insurance company had negotiated discounts with the hospital and lab. So, those charges are now, $212.48 and 84.07, respectively. Remember these prices are for the exact same lab test. The result is that an informed shopper can save $128.41.
True Example 2:
While the last example is a small example, what if you now need an expensive procedure? Let me give you another example: A Pet Scan/CT Scan with dye costs anywhere from $11,500 (all costs included) at one Kansas City hospital to as much as $24,000.
Now the out of pocket savings are several thousand dollars! So, you can see how we can save you money