
Good faith estimate
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Sep 16, 2026
When Medical Weight Stigma Costs Thousands of Dollars
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2:15Ragen ChastainHOST
Then my procedure at the ambulatory facility was canceled because the anesthesiologist would not do it in that facility and required me to be at a hospital facility.
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2:24Ragen ChastainHOST
The GFE, or good faith estimate, I got for the ambulatory facility procedure would leave me with around $250 to pay.
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2:32Ragen ChastainHOST
but the GFE I got for the hospital facility procedure would leave me around $2,500 to pay, and I was told when I inquired that the physician and anesthesiologist fees would be billed separately so there would be more costs.
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2:48Ragen ChastainHOST
Given that I am already looking at 10x the cost just for the facility, this appears discriminatory and is a cost I cannot pay.
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2:56Ragen ChastainHOST
I have told the GI doc that even with these estimates, I cannot afford to pay 10 to 20 times the cost of a procedure that should cost me $250.
215 - You're Sitting On Data That Could Get You More Clients
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21:41Whitney OwensGUEST
So we created our own CRM now that's doing things a little easier for us.
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21:45Whitney OwensGUEST
And we were able to automate like the GFEs and things like that, which was really great.
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21:49Whitney OwensGUEST
So anyway, that's how we track it now.
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21:51Whitney OwensGUEST
But the other thing I think is really important to track, which you and I have talked about this before in my work with Proper Practice Elevation, is this idea of what way converts best.