This Pittsburgh doctor charges just $35 for most visits - and refuses to take health insurance. Fed up with fighting health insurance companies to get his pa...
Honestly, if you bump that up to 6 patients an hour that’s just $210/hour, even if the booked up 100% of the time. That doesn’t seem like enough to run an entire practice.
Maybe he saved up enough from his 4 years of being a doctor out in the mainstream system, and he invested his six-figure earnings from those 4 years, and he’s living in a modest home, driving a modest car and living within his means. Not wealthy. But surviving okay.
How that works economically for him? That’s like making 35 bucks an hour before taxes…
Maybe he can meet multiple patients in an hour, but there would still be fluctuations.
It’s not per hour, it’s per visit. I’ve rarely seen a regular doctor for more than 10 minutes at a time (typically it’s less than 5).
Yeah, I eventually realized that most family physicians take about 15 minutes per patient, so yeah I guess probably not 35 but still…
4 patients an hour is still 140$/h.
Honestly, if you bump that up to 6 patients an hour that’s just $210/hour, even if the booked up 100% of the time. That doesn’t seem like enough to run an entire practice.
If he doesn’t have to deal with all the administrative work, the overhead will probably reduce drastically.
The insurance system in the US is so fucked up that it wouldn’t surprise me if a big part of the doctor’s fee are eaten by dealing with insurers.
Anyway, I am pretty sure the guy didn’t choose 35$ blindly.
And let’s not forget that it is only for a consultation. If he does other acts, he charges more.
Yeah I charge 50€/h (incl. VAT) as an home improvement contractor and it’s a fair price. For 35€/h I’d be basically doing charity.
A doctor can usually see 4 patients an hour. So that’s 140$/h, not 35$/h.
You actually do more than just sit there and sign prescriptions and forms however
Maybe he saved up enough from his 4 years of being a doctor out in the mainstream system, and he invested his six-figure earnings from those 4 years, and he’s living in a modest home, driving a modest car and living within his means. Not wealthy. But surviving okay.
Is he having avocado toast though?
Nope. He knows better. When you make great sacrifices for the greater good, you sacrifice much. He lives on beans and rice.