The cost of the medication needed for a gastroscopy is covered by Medicare, but the anesthetic portion of the painless gastroscopy is an out-of-pocket expense, and can be reimbursed for about $500 or less.
Gastroscopy is generally not covered by medical insurance, so this is required to pay out-of-pocket, in the tertiary hospital to do the examination is possible, it is recommended to take the prescription after the examination to the township health center to get medication, it is possible to reimburse a part of it.
Expanded Information
The social health insurance card can be used in the following ways:
1, the scope of use of the health insurance card
Participating employees in the designated hospitals, pharmacies, medicine, can be used with a password in the POS machine swipe card use, but can not withdraw cash or transfer to use.
2. Balance inquiry of medical insurance card
Participating employees can inquire about the balance by calling the phone, or at the savings office of the Bank of China or designated hospitals and pharmacies in urban areas. You can also go online and log in the social security inquiry system to check.
3. Medical insurance card transaction inquiry
Participating employees can go to the savings office of the Bank of China with their ID cards and medical certificates to request a printout of their medical insurance card transaction records, including individual account fund disbursement records and consumption records. If you have any questions about the transaction records, you can go to the retail business department of BOC to make inquiries.
4. Password of medical insurance card
If the insured workers change their passwords, they can call the phone number to change it, or they can go to the savings office of BOC with their ID cards to change it. If the insured employee forgets his/her password, he/she can go to the savings office of the Bank of China with his/her ID card to lose the original password and change it.
5. Custody of medical insurance card
Participating employees should take good care of their medical insurance cards. If they lose their cards inadvertently, they should immediately go to their units to issue a letter of proof and go to the medical insurance office to confirm the loss of their cards with their ID cards and go to the savings office of BOC to register the loss of their cards, go through the procedure of replacing their cards, and then they can get a new card after 7 days.
6. Precautions
When the number of transactions on the medical insurance card reaches 60, the insured employee must go to the savings office of the Bank of China to print the transaction records, otherwise, the use of the card will be stopped. After the transaction records are printed, the card can continue to be used.
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