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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
Go to the ER, get "it" taken care of, cut off, lasered, removed, destroyed, sewn up, reattached, etc.... then leave. Wait a few months for the hospital to send you to collection, then ignore their calls. In a few years, they'll give up or sue you. 
As for the cash copay, well shit.... would you take credit from people these days? Not me. Cash only baby. |
Thanks for the answer.
I've been paying the price for spending my life working outdoors and playing at the beach. I've had to go to the dermatologists several times to have skin cancer removed. So far it's been the basal squamous type and it's a quick procedure. Without insurance each spot cost about $500 to remove including the pathology. I've had seven procedures so far paying cash out of my pocket at the time of the visit.
Times are tough and I have three spots on my leg right now and I'm letting them ride because I don't have the cash to get them removed right now. They need to be taken care of but it's not urgent.
What's always on my mind is what I would do if I get melanoma which requires immediate attention. With no money or insurance I've always figured I'd have to just let it play out.