Gonna assume she meant the provider billed the insurance company $33.88. The insurance company has a negotiated rate with the provider that pays 100% of CMS (the $16.94). Then the insurance company paid the $16.94 to the provider. $0 came out of pocket.
I have a season ticket package to the Mets. I have had three games before fully vax’d so I needed to get tested.
You can either go 72 hours before game day for full test or 6 hours before game for rapid.
So originally were using CVS drive through, When I filled out the questionnaire honestly, it said I was not eligible for insurance. I changed the answer to have I previously tested positive to “yes”, which is technically true, but probably not what they intended as it was three months ago.
Started using a local walk-in center for a rapid. I told them I wanted the test since someone in my office tested positive, which was also true, I just wasn’t there. Anyway, my wife told the truth that we were going to a ball game. On the e-mail, the listed diagnosis was the same, that we had exposure, I assume for insurance