Poked and Prodded

My company decided two years ago to put healthcare "in the hands of employees," which means I am now my own plan admin.  Thanks a lot.  If anything, it is interesting to see how much healthcare costs us and what Melissa has been dealing with the past three years.  Aetna has tons of data on their website and looking at our family's "Health History Report"  the difference between the two of us is incredible.  I always tell her that the data never lies...

Medical "service" comparison between the two of us:

Yes, 145 medical services versus 21 over 3 years (and this does not include the first year of infections and ENT visits, or her initial surgery in 2008)!

  

Medical services include all doctor visits, procedures at visits, blood tests, flu shots, CTs, etc .  For me it was poison ivy last year, 1 sinus infection this year, and some general doctor visits.

Just to get an idea of what the amount of testing, visits, and procedures is like for someone with chronic sinusitus :

1	3/11/2009	OFFICE VISIT
2	3/26/2009	FIBERSCOPIC LARYNGOSCOPY
3	3/26/2009	OFFICE VISIT
4	4/21/2009	OFFICE VISIT
5	4/22/2009	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
6	4/22/2009	OFFICE VISIT
7	5/7/2009	NASAL ENDOSCOPY, SURGICAL;93
8	5/7/2009	ENDOSCOPY, MAXILLARY SINUS
9	5/7/2009	SINUS SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY
10	5/7/2009	NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY-SURG
11	5/7/2009	MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
12	5/7/2009	CAT SCAN OF FACE, JAW
13	5/7/2009	3D RENDERING WITH INTERPRETA
14	5/7/2009	MEDICAL SERVICES
15	5/7/2009	DECALCIFY TISSUE
16	5/7/2009	INTRODUCER/SHEATH, GUIDING
17	5/7/2009	MORPHIN SULF UPTO 10MG/192MX
18	5/7/2009	ONDANSETRON HCL PER 1MG/32MX
19	5/7/2009	PROMETHAZ HCL UP TO 50MG/1MX
20	5/7/2009	METOCLOPRA HCL UPTO 10MG/4MX
21	5/7/2009	NORMAL SALINE 1000CC/1 MX
22	5/7/2009	RINGR LACT UPTO 1000CC/1.5MX
23	5/7/2009	PHARMACY
24	5/7/2009	MED-SUR SUPPLIES
25	5/7/2009	STERILE SUPPLY
26	5/7/2009	LABORATORY
27	5/7/2009	PATHOLOGY LAB
28	5/7/2009	CT SCAN
29	5/7/2009	CT SCAN/OTHER
30	5/7/2009	OR SERVICES
31	5/7/2009	ANESTHESIA
32	5/7/2009	DRUGS/DETAIL CODE
33	5/7/2009	RECOVERY ROOM
34	5/7/2009	NASAL ENDOSCOPY, SURGICAL;93
35	5/7/2009	ENDOSCOPY, MAXILLARY SINUS
36	5/7/2009	SINUS SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY
37	5/7/2009	NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY-SURG
38	5/7/2009	MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
39	5/8/2009	NORMAL SALINE 1000CC/1 MX
40	5/8/2009	DRUGS/DETAIL CODE
41	5/15/2009	BASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY-SURGIC
42	5/15/2009	OFFICE VISIT
43	5/22/2009	BASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY-SURGIC
44	5/22/2009	OFFICE VISIT
45	5/29/2009	BASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY-SURGIC
46	5/29/2009	OFFICE VISIT
47	6/5/2009	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
48	6/5/2009	OFFICE VISIT
49	7/17/2009	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
50	7/17/2009	OFFICE VISIT
51	8/20/2009	ASSAY, IGA/IGD/IGG/IGM EACH
52	8/20/2009	IGG 1,2,3 OR 4, EACH
53	8/20/2009	IMMUNOASSAY, NONANTIBODY
54	8/20/2009	OFFICE VISIT
55	9/2/2009	FIBERSCOPIC LARYNGOSCOPY
56	9/2/2009	OFFICE VISIT
57	10/2/2009	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
58	10/2/2009	OFFICE VISIT
59	11/13/2009	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
60	11/13/2009	OFFICE VISIT
61	12/16/2009	AMP PROBE
62	12/16/2009	OFFICE VISIT
63	12/16/2009	PREV VISIT, EST, AGE 18-39
64	12/29/2009	OFFICE VISIT
65	12/31/2009	LIPID PROFILE
66	12/31/2009	HEPATIC FUNCTION PANEL
67	12/31/2009	RIA ASSAY, TRUE THYROXINE
68	12/31/2009	ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE
69	1/20/2010	OFFICE VISIT
70	1/20/2010	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
71	2/16/2010	OFFICE VISIT
72	2/19/2010	OFFICE VISIT
73	2/19/2010	FIBERSCOPIC LARYNGOSCOPY
74	3/8/2010	RIA ASSAY, TRUE THYROXINE
75	3/8/2010	ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE
76	3/8/2010	ASSAY TRYROID (T-3 OR T-4)
77	3/25/2010	COMPREHEN METABOLIC PANEL
78	3/25/2010	AUTOMAT HEMOGRAM-COMPLET DIF
79	3/25/2010	RBC SED RATE, AUTO
80	3/25/2010	LYME DISEASE ANTIBODY
81	3/25/2010	PREV VISIT, EST, AGE 18-39
82	4/26/2010	OFFICE VISIT
83	6/28/2010	OFFICE VISIT
84	6/28/2010	EVALUATION OF WHEEZING
85	9/29/2010	ALLERGY SKIN TEST
86	9/29/2010	OFFICE VISIT
87	10/20/2010	OFFICE VISIT
88	10/20/2010	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
89	11/1/2010	CONSULTATIONS
90	11/26/2010	CULT BACT;NO URINE/BLD/STOOL
91	11/26/2010	OFFICE VISIT
92	12/6/2010	FLU VIRUS VACC-SPLIT 3 YR &
93	12/6/2010	FLU VIRUS VACC-SPLIT 3 YR &
94	12/6/2010	ADMIN INFLUENZA VIRUS VAC
95	12/6/2010	ADMIN INFLUENZA VIRUS VAC
96	12/10/2010	OFFICE VISIT
97	12/10/2010	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
98	12/13/2010	UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY,DIAGNOSIS
99	12/13/2010	UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY,DIAGNOSIS
100	12/13/2010	AMBUL SUR
101	12/29/2010	OFFICE VISIT
102	1/3/2011	ASSAY, IGA/IGD/IGG/IGM EACH
103	1/3/2011	ASSAY OF IGE
104	1/3/2011	ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES, RIA
105	1/10/2011	PREV VISIT, EST, AGE 18-39
106	1/19/2011	CONSULTATIONS
107	1/25/2011	ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE
108	1/25/2011	MICROSOMAL ANTIBODY, RIA
109	1/31/2011	OFFICE VISIT
110	2/17/2011	OFFICE VISIT
111	2/23/2011	OFFICE VISIT
112	2/23/2011	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
113	3/11/2011	CAT SCAN OF FACE, JAW
114	3/11/2011	3D RENDERING WITH INTERPRETA
115	3/11/2011	CT SCAN
116	3/11/2011	CT SCAN/OTHER
117	3/25/2011	OFFICE VISIT
118	3/25/2011	NASAL ENDOSCOPY
119	4/14/2011	OFFICE VISIT
120	5/16/2011	ANESTHESIA
121	5/16/2011	COLLECTION OF VENOUS BLOOD
122	5/16/2011	METABOLIC PANEL TOTAL CA
123	5/16/2011	MEDICAL SERVICES
124	5/16/2011	HEMO/PLATELET CNT-AUTOMATED
125	5/16/2011	DECALCIFY TISSUE
126	5/16/2011	LABORATORY
127	5/16/2011	LAB/HEMATOLOGY
128	5/16/2011	PATHOLOGY LAB
129	5/16/2011	NASAL ENDOSCOPY, SURGICAL;93
130	5/16/2011	ENDOSCOPY, MAXILLARY SINUS
131	5/16/2011	SINUS SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY
132	5/16/2011	NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY-SURG
133	5/16/2011	NASAL ENDOSCOPY, SURGICAL;93
134	5/16/2011	SCAN PROC CRANIAL EXTRA
135	5/16/2011	INTRODUCER/SHEATH, GUIDING
136	5/16/2011	ADRENALIN EPINEPHRINE INJECT
137	5/16/2011	RINGR LACT UPTO 1000CC/1.5MX
138	5/16/2011	PHARMACY
139	5/16/2011	MED-SUR SUPPLIES
140	5/16/2011	SUPPLY/IMPLANTS
141	5/16/2011	OR SERVICES
142	5/16/2011	DRUGS/DETAIL CODE
143	5/16/2011	RECOVERY ROOM
144	6/8/2011	OFFICE VISIT
145	6/8/2011	NASAL ENDOSCOPY

 

'nuff said.