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August 31, 2021August 30, 2021 by 
I’m a consumer too. Information regarding insurance reimbursement for things like labs, medications, and doctor visits is notoriously difficult to obtain up-front. To this end I am gathering datapoints from patients and will record them here. Everything below is from 2018-2020. Each line represents a different instance with a different patient. Your results may be wildly different. But it’s a start.
| Insurance Name | Medication | Quantity | Cost | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cigna | Suboxone 8 mg strip | 21 | $176 | name-brand |
| Cigna | Suboxone 8 mg tab | 21 | $113.64 | generic |
| Blue Shield of CA | buprenorphine/naloxone | 56 | $5 | generic |
| Blue Shield of CA | buprenorphine/naloxone | 28 | $25 | generic |
| Cigna | buprenorphine/naloxone | 28 | $30 | generic |
| No Insurance | Suboxone 12 mg strip | 28 | $350 | name-brand |
| No Insurance | Suboxone 8 mg strip | 28 | $77 | with coupon |
| No Insurance | buprenorphine/naloxone 8/2 tablet | 30 | 24.62 | with discount card |
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| Insurance Name | Lab Type | Cost |
| --- | --- | --- |
| No Insurance | buprenorphine labs at Quest | $230 |
| Blue Shield of CA | buprenorphine labs at Quest | $30 |
| No insurance | bup labs with fentanyl | $270 |
| Blue Shield of CA | bup labs with fentanyl | $30 |
| Cigna | bup labs | $38.04 |
| Anthem/BX PPO | bup labs | $0 |
| Anthem/BX PPO government | comp survey panel | $3.58 |
| Anthem BX | comp metabolic panel | $23 |
| Anthem BX | TSH | $38 |
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May 21, 2018May 20, 2018 by 
| Insurance Name | Procedure | Cost | Insurance Paid | % Paid | Out of Pocket |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blue Shield of CA | 99213 | $171 | $119.70 | 70% | $51.30 |
| Anthem/BX PPO | 90836 | $209 | $146.30 | 70% | $62.70 |
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