Question: Assume instead Maritza was in a PPO plan with a $800 deductible, $4,500 00PM. The PPO has the same copayments PCP, but a $50 copayment

Assume instead Maritza was in a PPO plan with a $800 deductible, $4,500 00PM. The
PPO has the same copayments PCP, but a $50 copayment for specialist visits, and
10% coinsurance for a hospitalization. She incurs the same $12,500 in medical
expenses as a result of the same visits/hospitalizations with the same allowed
amounts. In this PPO plan, Maritza only has to pay copayments for services that are
subject to copayments, even before the deductible is hit. Copayments count toward
the deductible. Assume the visits and hospitalizations occur in the order they are
listed in question 1.
A. How much will she pay out of pocket? 275
B. How much will the insurance carrier or plan pay?
 Assume instead Maritza was in a PPO plan with a $800
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1. Maritza is a participant in an HMO plan with no deductible, a $3,000 out-of-pocket maximum, a $25 PCP copayment, a $35 copayment for specialist services, and a $250 hospitalization copayment (preventive is provided without copayment in accordance with ACA guidelines). During 2020, she incurs $12,500 in medical expenses as a result of (1) 2 PCP visits ($250 is the allowed amount for each), (2), 4 specialist visits ($500 is the allowed amount for each each), and one hospitalization at an allowed amount of $10,000. None of them are preventive visits. A. How much will she pay out of pocket? B. How much will the insurance carrier or plan pay? 1. Assume instead Maritza was in a PPO plan with a $800 deductible, $4,500 OOPM. The PPO has the same copayments PCP, but a $50 copayment for specialist visits, and 10% coinsurance for a hospitalization. She incurs the same $12,500 in medical expenses as a result of the same visits/hospitalizations with the same allowed amounts. In this PPO plan, Maritza only has to pay copayments for services that are subject to copayments, even before the deductible is hit. Copayments count toward the deductible. Assume the visits and hospitalizations occur in the order they are listed in question 1. A. How much will she pay out of pocket? 275 B. How much will the insurance carrier or plan pay

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