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Re: 4D ultrasound From: Charlie Chambers (cchamber@gorge.net) Wed Dec 24 13:54:47 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Charlie Chambers: "Re: 4D ultrasound" Previous message: Gerald P. Rodríguez: "Re: Residual uterine tissue after subtotal hysterectomy" In reply to: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: 4D ultrasound" The only time that you can justify billing both the TV and TA is when both are needed to complete the exam, e.g. huge uterus that is well above the pelvic brim. However, if you can't get a good enough view with the TA and then do the TV or vice versa, billing for both is fraudulent. I can't remember the last time that I needed info from both to be able to complete the study. I'm almost amazed that your payers would reimburse for such an approach. Overall, seems that their billing for ultrasound services is extremely high. Would be curious, how much they actually collect? On Wednesday, December 24, 2003, at 12:36 PM, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote: > Yes - I agree - I called all three hospitals in the vicininty - and its > about the same. The hospital here ine Keene seems to be the highest - > but it was hard to get out of the others the full cost. > > There is the fee for the hospitl - then there is the fee for the > radiologist on top of that. I think it is ludicrous that the > radiologist gets to charge for reading the transvag U/S and the trans > abd as well -as if they are two separate procedures. > > They also do that with CT scans - to get the full abd & pelvis they > call > it two scans (look in your CPT book - there are two codes) - and they > read out the Abd CT and then the Pelvic CT. > > Joanne > > At Wed, 24 Dec 2003, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: >> >> I thought MRIs ran about 800-1000. This is what U/S cost??? Geeze! No >> wonde >> we're targets for patients. >> >> Joe P. > > -- > Joanne Bulley, MD > Keene, NH, USA > > ----- > Work to create peace everywhere you go and with everything you do. > ----- > Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views. > -George Sand > ************************************************************************ * Charlie Chambers -- Hood River, OR cchamber@alumni.rice.edu "No matter where you go... there you are." Dr. Buckaroo Banzai ************************************************************************ Next message: Charlie Chambers: "Re: 4D ultrasound" Previous message: Gerald P. Rodríguez: "Re: Residual uterine tissue after subtotal hysterectomy" In reply to: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: 4D ultrasound"

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