Help Available for the Uninsured!
August 3, 2009
Help Available for the Uninsured!
SUMMIT COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY LEADS A SEARCH FOR THE UNINSURED TO AFFORD LABWORK FEES
In an attempt to help the members of our community maintain their health, the Summit County Medical Society has found help for people who can't afford their blood tests. Find out more from the Akron Beacon Journal's article "Low-cost lab aids patients" at: www.ohio.com/news/52028937.html.
When a patient is given orders for lab work by his doctor, many times those lab orders are ignored because lab fees are, frankly, unaffordable if the patient has no insurance. A special projects coordinator was established by the Summit County Medical Society to find ways to help those patients receive the tests they need.
Pioneer Physicians Network has stepped forward and met the challenge to help those in our community. Beginning August 3, 2009, lab services will be available at PPN Lab Sites at rates which will be much more affordable for those without health insurance.
Lab services will be available at the Pioneer Central Laboratory in Tallmadge, Columbia Woods Medical Group in Norton, and the South Main Street Medical Center location in Green.
Patients may call to schedule appointments for lab orders at any of these sites. A draw fee of $5.00 will be charged. The fee schedule for the most common lab orders are listed on the lab fee schedule below; the fee schedule will give an example of expected charges.
Patients must pay at the time of service with cash, check, or credit card. Our receptionists at each site will assist you when you call to schedule an appointment.
Test results will be sent directly to the ordering physician.
For further information, please call Pioneer Central Laboratory, Columbia Woods Medical Group, and/or South Main Street Medical Center.
CPT Code Name PPN Fee*
80048 Basic Metabolic Panel $14.00
80050 General Health Panel $75.00
80051 Electrolyte Panel $10.00
80053 Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $20.00
80061 Lipid Panel $24.00
80069 Renal Function Panel $16.00
80076 Hepatic Function Panel $12.00
82040 Albumin, Serun $10.00
82150 Amylase, Serum $12.00
82247 Bilirubin, Total $10.00
82248 Bilirubin, Direct $10.00
82310 Calcium, total $10.00
82374 Carbon Dioxide $10.00
82435 Chloride, blood $10.00
82465 Cholesterol $10.00
82550 CPK Total $12.00
82565 Creatinine, blood $10.00
82607 Vitamin B12 $27.00
82728 Ferritin $27.00
82746 Folic Acid $28.00
82947 Glucose $10.00
82977 GGT $14.00
83036 A1c $18.00
83540 Iron $12.00
83550 TIBC $16.00
83690 Lipase $13.00
83718 HDL $15.00
83721 Direct LDL $18.00
83880 BNP (Natriuretic peptide) $62.00
84075 Alkaline Phosphatase $10.00
84100 Phosphorus $10.00
84132 Potassium, serum $10.00
84153 PSA $35.00
84155 Protein, total $10.00
84295 Sodium $10.00
84403 Testosterone $37.00
84436 Thyroxine, Total (TT4) $13.00
84439 T4 Free $17.00
84443 TSH $32.00
84450 AST(SGOT) $10.00
84460 ALT(SGPT) $10.00
84478 Triglyceride $11.00
84520 Urea Nitrogen (BUN) $10.00
84550 Uric Acid $10.00
84703 hCG qualitative $14.00
85007 Manual WBC count $10.00
85014 Hematocrit $10.00
85018 Hemoglobin $10.00
85025 CBC $15.00
85027 Hemogram $12.00
85041 RBC $10.00
85048 WBC $10.00
85049 Platelet cnt $10.00
85610 Prothrombin time $10.00
85651 Sed Rate $11.00
86140 CRP $10.00
86141 hsCRP $26.00
86431 Rheumatoid Factor $11.00
86677 Helicobacter Pylori $27.00
86790 Monotest $24.00
87081 Strep Culture $13.00
87086 Urine Culture (this does not include
ID and sensitivity if needed) $15.00
87324 Clostridium difficile, A & B $26.00
87804 Influenza (A and B) each $25.00
87807 RSV $22.00
*This is not the fee if the test is going to any lab outside of the Pioneer Physicians Network Central Laboratory.
