pg w/ twins - are appts billed as a single or double?

mommy_bear

Is insurance billed different for a twin vs. a singleton pregnancy for the monthly/bi-weekly/weekly OB appts?

Is the NT scan (and any other radiology appt) billed differently as they will be monitoring 2 instead of 1?

Just curious..

 

JBSugar

double

it sucks for copays and stuff!

Temp159135562506975

huh?  There is one patient- just you.  I have not been billed double.

when you have the babies- sure- then it's double for THEIR appts- b/c it's two patients.

one patient.. one pregnancy... one delivery... I'm the one that is insured- not the babies right now.

 

Mrs. Destructo

single for office visits, double for all ultrasounds, NSTs, etc.

kat&kevin

I think it depends on your insurance.  I didn't pay double co-pays or anything extra because I was having twins.  Maybe they charged my insurance company more, but I never saw any of it.

pea-kay

huh. weird. i was always billed as a single patient. even for u/s and everything.

lutzcowgirlie

Mine was for a single patient - me - throughout pg until delivery. Then I was billed for the care for each baby starting as soon as they were born - but only one time for the delivery charges related to my care.

 

Sounds like you might want to check with you individual insurance plan to be sure what happens for you.

kblindgren

just me - single - until they were born, and now it's double

seattlestef

I'm billed as a single patient, but when I look at the line items on the u/s bills I can see double the growth scans, double the cerebral artery checks etc etc. I still only pay one co-pay though. Thank god for insurance to pay  the rest!

Kim&Jim

Don't hate me, but I think I have the best insurance ever in regards to prenatal care.  I paid $25 at my first OB office visit and all the rest were no charge!!  I paid $45 each for the 2 times I went to a peri.  So, babies (after infertility treatments and before delivery) were a total of $95!!! 

Kim777

I also only paid $25 once with my OB then everything is covered by insurance until delivery. But I see on the bill where they are charging the insurance for "additional fetus" on ultrasounds.

KMB7

All of my visits were billed for just one (me). Delivery was billed for multiple delivery.?

Jackie K

All of your office visits are billed for just you. You should not be paying 2 copay's, no matter what insurance policy you have. YOU are the only patient...and YOU are the only one that an be billed for a copay.

However, the bills will be higher, like a pp said, u/s' and whatnot are billed with an "additional fetus"...rightfully so, since everything takes longer (checking 2 fetus' inside of one, etc). That will only effect your out of pocket costs if you have coinsurance amounts. For example, if you pay 10% of all your bills, then you will pay more, since the bill will be higher and your insurance will be paying more, as well.

Also, if you have a copay for the hospital, you will pay 3 (one for you, and one for EACH baby). But for any office visit prior to babies being born, you can only be charged one copay.

I work in medical billing. I hope that made sense.  

macchiatto

Single for office visits, double for all ultrasounds (except the cervix checks, since I may have two babies but only have one cervix. )

lajolla09.30.06

I was billed once and only once for all of my office visits (paid $40 the first time I went to the OB) then after that no payments at all for each visit (which was good because we went every 2 weeks!)

When I delivered I had to pay a hospital inpatient copay 3 times (once for me and once for each baby)

groovygrl

The stuff for me (copays etc) are single but I did notice that the summary of benefits I got for the growth scan w/ peri showed 2 charges for reading the ultrasound, although only 1 for the actual visit with her (that visit with u/s was $2000 before negotiated insurance rates/coverage, and $1200 of it was her charges, crazy).