Question:
Will I have to Have test redone?

My surgery was approved had date and everything than the insurance decides they are not gonna pay. I found out the company is switching to BCBS of NC in January. I just know we will have the Blue card plan. My question is will I have to have all my test redone the lady at the doctors office said no but, has anyone else had this problem? I have had my blood work, ekg, chest xrays, upper endoscopy, nutriction eval, psych eval, I had to pay this all out of pocket I do not have the money to go through all this again. The first pre-op requirment was done in May. If someone could answer it would help. Thanks in advance    — jennie_jen (posted on November 11, 2003)

November 10, 2003
Most of these tests are only good for a certain number of days (30,60,90) Some are good for six months but that probably really depends on your surgeon. Mine will not take labs older than thirty days.
   — Delores S.

November 10, 2003
Check with your surgeon. Mine was willing to accept test results up to a year old.
   — Carlita

November 11, 2003
Most likely many can be used but bloodwork, EKG, chest x-ray will likely have to be redone by law. Usually blood work must be done within 30 days of surgery. However, if you have coverage through BCBS next year there is a 90% chance all of the pre-op stuff will be covered too. Other than my deductible and co-pay for the year I didn't pay for anything but $101 of my anesthesia bill. I had lots of pre-op stuff too including sleep study and Cardiolite Stress Test. Those 2 alone were about $5000. So you may be fine from a financial standpoint. <p>I'm with the other though, $1000 is a very cheap price to pay for a surgery that likely goes $30-40,000. My deductible and co-pay amounted to $2000 out of my pocket and I was happy to only have that to pay.
   — zoedogcbr