Benefits Investigation Cost Summary

What a patient will pay for a therapy under the plan found in a benefits check.

Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Allowed amount per administration
4000 USD
Administrations in the plan year
13
Deductible still to meet
1500 USD
Out-of-pocket maximum still to meet
5000 USD
Coinsurance or copay
Coinsurance (percent)
Coinsurance percent or copay dollars
20

Result: Patient pays $2,000.00 for the first administration, $4,400.00 over the first 90 days, and $5,000.00 for the plan year.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What you enter

  • Allowed amount per administration
  • Administrations in the plan year
  • Administrations in the first 90 days
  • Deductible still to meet
  • Out-of-pocket maximum still to meet
  • Coinsurance or copay
  • Coinsurance percent or copay dollars
  • Prior authorization required
  • Specialty pharmacy required
How this is calculated

Citation

Walks the plan's deductible, coinsurance or copay and out-of-pocket maximum as a claim adjudicates, from the reader's benefits check; a non-grandfathered plan's out-of-pocket maximum caps in-network cost sharing (45 CFR 156.130). Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

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Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.