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Under the law, many preventive screenings — are covered at no cost to patients. But, if more testing is needed to figure out what’s wrong, you could be charged hundreds or even thousands of dollars for diagnostic services.
Under the ACA, insurers cannot charge for various preventive services that have been recommended by experts. But if those screenings indicate more testing is needed, patients may be on the hook for hundreds or thousands of dollars.
When Cynthia Johnson learned she would owe $200 out-of-pocket for a diagnostic mammogram in Houston, she almost put off getting the test that told her she had breast cancer. “I thought, ‘I really don’t have this to spend, and it’s probably nothing,’” said Johnson, who works in educational assessment at a university. But she decided
If screenings indicate more testing is needed, patients may be on the hook for hundreds or even thousands of dollars for diagnostic services.