IF a doctor wants you to take a test x ray ,stress test ,blood work etc does the doctor get a cut of that and

Question

what % would the doctor get

Answer 1

No, kickbacks are illegal.  BUT.............many doctors have distinct personal preferences as to where they send their patients for their labwork, x-rays, etc.  Maybe one particular lab gets them their reports more quickly, more accurately.  Maybe another outpatient xray center does sloppy work.  

Normally, a doctor trying to send a patient to a particular outpatient center is because that doctor and his office have a good working relationship with that facility.    Nothing nefarious.

Answer 2

In some very limited cases, the doctor can do his own tests in his own lab and make a profit. In general, though, self-referral runs afoul of some serious anti-kickback laws. If the tests were done by a reference lab and outside facilities, your doctor didn't get a cent, and all that filing of reports, any phone calls, interpretation of reports, etc. is donated without additional charge. You'd be surprised at the extremes of ethical practice in medicine. They're much stricter than in the regular business world.

Answer 3

The charges that you incur from going to the lab or radiology dept are purely used in those departments.  These departments have to support themselves, ie pay their employees, cover cost of equipment, cost of supplies.  A doctor can't really find out what your issues are if they do not have blood work or X rays.

Answer 4

yes they do in most cases it is not legal but.......

i had tests done and went to diifferent dr. but he did not accept the lab  where the test was done  so i went to a diiferet lab in the tune of $ 100.00 more  and would you know ?? there was no difference exept for  the price

i had no insurance

Answer 5

Absolutely not.  Kickbacks are illegal in the US for physicians.  

All the referring doctor gets is more work to do - evaluating the results, contacting you about them, dealing with insurance companies - all of that is unpaid work, BTW.