Question

Suppose that a consumer has a health insurance program with co-payments of $10 per doctor visit. If the consumer purchases 6 doctor visits and the bill charged by the doctor for 6 visits is $360, the portion of this cost covered by a third-party payer is:

Answer 1

Answer:

$300

Explanation:

Given that s a health insurance program with co-payments of $10 per doctor visit.

Thus,

amount paid by insurance in 1 visit = $10

Amount paid by insurance in 6 visit = $10*6 = $60

Total bill charged by the doctor in 6 visit = 360

Amount paid by the consumer = Total bill charged by the doctor in 6 visit - Amount paid by consumer in 6 visit = $360 - $60 = $300

Since , consumer is the third party payer he pays $300 out of total $360 bill charged by the doctor.

In fraction ,portion of bill paid by the third party payer = 300/360 = 5/6

Thus, 5/6 portion of bill is paid by third party payer.