My husband paid $54 for his flu shot. When I checked around last year I was quoted around that price to get one. So in my area, no it's not $20.
And really it's not that bad to get the shot at CVS. I was just whining.
My first choice is always the doctor's office. But they often don't have the serum available.
This is the annoying part - why don't doctor's offices have it?? Do they not order enough or not even in line for it? Each year, we hear the same thing: my doctor didn't have it. Anyone with insight??
Whining is fine
I don't think I'd want to get shot beside wall of paper towels by someone that doesn't administer shots for a living. Bad enough to get the new phlebotomist when donating blood (good thing bloodmobile chairs are made for passing out in).
aye, area differences, I see signs around here for $10-20. I would pay $54 and a lot more to not get the flu.
Still, my point was more in that people have choices beyond what their insurance covers. Every time I hear someone say "they can't have" something because insurance won't cover it, I like to remind that insurance is not final say over one's life choices. I have rarely had chiropractic coverage, for example, but I go see a chiropractor anyway because it makes me feel better and the $ is worth it to me. Not worth suffering just because insurance won't cover it.
I won't change doctors, either, when insurance changes. It's worth it to me to stick with someone I know and trust (so far 25 years with this guy). To me it's worth it, maybe not to others. I can afford to absorb a premium in order to get the care I want from my chosen providers. Even when I couldn't afford it, I didn't want to start all over just because new insurer has a different list. So many jobs and insurance plans ... one primary care doctor. I choose continuity of care over economy.
One can have any treatment they want, it's simply a matter of who pays for it. Curious as to what flu shot costs in dr office? Also copay to be paid? never had one there. For many many years now, a visiting nurse service administers at my employer site and these days I head over to employee care center for vax and medcheck type stuff, free. Yes, I am luckier than many, and grateful for it.