Carl

Carl is married. He and his wife are in good health and don’t use tobacco. Carl has a pretty smooth year.

Let’s take a look...

They get their free annual wellness exams.

$500
100% paid by Energy Transfer!

Carl goes to the doctor once for the flu.

$80 visit

The doctor prescribes Carl two generic medications that he fills at the pharmacy.

$30 generic x 2

He goes to an urgent care clinic after a sports injury and gets an X-ray.

$250 visit
$500 X-ray

Carl sees a specialist during his recovery.

$110 visit

The doctor prescribes his wife two generic medications that she fills though mail order.

$50 generic x 2

Carl's total expenses:

Carl has incurred a total of $1,710 in expenses. Now, let’s see which plan would have been better for Him!

$1,710
in total expenses.

Wait!

We also need to remember that Carl has been paying for medical coverage from His paycheck. We'll add that in too!

Remember, Carl incurred $1,710 in total expenses.

In the CDHP Carl pays out-of-pocket for everything but the cost of the free physicals. In the PPO, he pays some through copays.

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Carl could have saved several thousand dollars by using SurgeryPlus to schedule His surgery!

Carl will have $330 remaining in his HSA to carry over to the following year!

CDHP
PPO
Costs paid by
 
Carl
$1,100
$657
Carl
's
 paycheck deductions
$1,286
$3,655
Partnership-provided Contributions
($1,000)
($1,500)
($2,000)
($2,000)
N/A
And the winner is...

The CDHP plan is the winner for Carl!

CDHP
CDHP
PPO
PPO
Costs paid by
 
Carl
$1,100
$657
Carl
's
 paycheck deductions
$1,286
$3,655
Partnership-provided Contributions
($1,000)
($1,500)
($2,000)
($2,000)
N/A
Carl's Total Cost
$886
$886
$4,312
$4,312

To see a more detailed calculation of Carl's care, click here.