Diagnostic Piece of the Pie

[mroberts]

Does anyone know roughly want piece of the pie diagnostic visits make up as far as total costs go for medical insurance? For example, Rx makes up roughly 20% of total costs. I have this information somewhere, but just can't locate it at the moment. Thanks in advance!

[Larry M]

About 2% is a rough approximation of the fee for diagnostic Xray and lab, excluding any cost for the specific physician visit - with the usual caveats concerning definition of terms, design of plan, etc.

I do not have the cost of physician visits for diagnostic purposes only readily available.....but, for a modest fee.........

[GBurns]

You should be able to find this info on the Bureau Of Labor Statistics or the MEPS website, most likely the latter.