How to get insurance to cover a bone-age x ray of the wrist?

[RAFAPAPA]

What is the best way to get your doctor to order an xray of the left hand so insurance covers it? I know I should fake an injury and pain, but what exactly? How can I fraud but not let the doctor get suspicious?

Is there a certain fracture to match the symptoms of that is optimal for this sort of frauding?

please lmk more advise surrounding this if you have it.

 

[Bryce]

Hilarious how people think you can just tell a doctor something and they'll give you whatever you want and take your word for it

Here's reality: if you go to a doctor and say "this hurts, could I get an x-ray?" they'll say: "well, it doesn't appear to be bruised or swollen, take an aspirin and see if the pain goes away"

This is child like logic. You can't just say "my knee hurts, can I get some oxycontin?"

 

[RAFAPAPA]

Hilarious how people think you can just tell a doctor something and they'll give you whatever you want and take your word for it

Here's reality: if you go to a doctor and say "this hurts, could I get an x-ray?" they'll say: "well, it doesn't appear to be bruised or swollen, take an aspirin and see if the pain goes away"

This is child like logic. You can't just say "my knee hurts, can I get some oxycontin?"

what about a scaphoid fracture that doesn't swell or have any visible signs of injury?

 

[HundredManSlayer]

maybe you should just genuinely hurt ur hand on purpose idk

 

[Bryce]

what about a scaphoid fracture that doesn't swell or have any visible signs of injury?

It's not going to work, and if it did the x-ray wouldn't be covered, most likely. I had an internal organ issue that was causing me extreme pain and other complications earlier this May, I got my surgery in June, but we were recommended (we didn't even ask, it was recommended by the doctor) to get an x-ray at the nearest medical imaging facility. It was around $1,500 I think, and they informed us that insurance would not cover it

Keep in mind this was an issue that could've caused necrosis of internal organ tissues, which can kill in some cases, and even then, after it was directly recommended, it was not covered

You're living in a fantasy if you think this is how it works

Please mark as "solution", as this is the only real answer you will receive on this thread, I'm sure of it

 

[RAFAPAPA]

It's not going to work, and if it did the x-ray wouldn't be covered, most likely. I had an internal organ issue that was causing me extreme pain and other complications earlier this May, I got my surgery in June, but we were recommended (we didn't even ask, it was recommended by the doctor) to get an x-ray at the nearest medical imaging facility. It was around $1,500 I think, and they informed us that insurance would not cover it

Keep in mind this was an issue that could've caused necrosis of internal organ tissues, which can kill in some cases, and even then, after it was directly recommended, it was not covered

You're living in a fantasy if you think this is how it works

Please mark as "solution", as this is the only real answer you will receive on this thread, I'm sure of it

where are you from if I may ask?

 

[Bryce]

where are you from if I may ask?

US

 

[Dave1]

Hilarious how people think you can just tell a doctor something and they'll give you whatever you want and take your word for it

Here's reality: if you go to a doctor and say "this hurts, could I get an x-ray?" they'll say: "well, it doesn't appear to be bruised or swollen, take an aspirin and see if the pain goes away"

This is child like logic. You can't just say "my knee hurts, can I get some oxycontin?"

exactly hate it when people say "just get a growth plate scan bro" to a 13 year old