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DENVER — When Andrew Westphal's Costa Rica honeymoon was over last May, you could say the honeymoon was really over. 'Traveler's trots. Let's just say again, gastrointestinal distress,' Westphal said.He and his new bride were experiencing the same stomach symptoms and decided to go to an urgent care near them.'And it ended up being a $4 antibiotic that solved the issue completely in a day,' Westphal recalled.
Additionally, he said, there is a larger issue with the rates being charted at so-called 'Hospital Outpatient Departments' like the UCHealth urgent care Westphal visited.Fox said Medicare charges about $440 for the same tests Westphal was billed $1,840.'They're basically charging four times what Medicare does,' said Fox. 'I think those services can be provided at a much lower cost.
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