What a racket! I want to be an AME!

[poorpilot83]

So I just went and got the medical renewed and they raised their prices again! I am paying over $100 in Phoenix for a first class medical. I called around and they are all about the same in the valley. Just curious how much people pay in other areas

 

[FreightPup]

80 bucks up in the Great Northwest (squiggly line machine extra, of course).

 

[chperplt]

I pay $95 in Vegas....

Most of these guys are making a killing...

 

[i'mbatman]

Been paying $100 on long island since 1996 for a first.

 

[SDCFI]

Don't faint!

$35 bucks, no EKG, Roanoke TX (10min NW of DFW).

 

[viper548]

The guy I go to in sacramento charges $75, if you're in the military it's $65

 

[embryflyboy]

I was told 135 when i went in they said oh lets try billing it to insurance well today i got a bill for 245

 

[BoilerUP]

My 1st Class in Rockville, MD last year cost me $165, but they kindly added a $35 charge for Special Issuance paperwork...

I can walk 5 minutes from my current apartment in Louisville to an AME (two in the same office, actually) and get a first class for sixty-five bucks.

 

[willNOTfly4free]

70 bucks in the great city of Birmingham.

 

[propsarebest]

The guy I go to in sacramento charges $75, if you're in the military it's $65

The doc with the Baron?

 

[Airboss]

$145 (no EKG) in ATL...and no longer files insurance...but still worth it!

 

[sstearns2]

125 in the LA area.

 

[Kream926]

10 (yes ten) bucks in houston...just copay

 

[SEVEN]

$90 in DTW

 

[J and E's Daddy]

Concord, NC, just outside of CLT at the Concord Airport, Charles Nicholson charges $115 for a medical with EKG. W/out an EKG it's $60.

 

[yzf6]

$200 in monett, MO last summer. that's what happens when you think a small town has to be cheap and don't ask for the price.
but i haven't been sick much since, so maybe it was worth it.

 

[WestHouston]

$89 in Houston and this is EXACTLY what he did: Nurse took pee sample, blood pressure, temp. Then the doc came in listened to me breathe, looked in my ears and throat and said "you're good to go, that'll be $89. Have a good day!"

 

[McNugent]

$145 (no EKG) in ATL...and no longer files insurance...but still worth it!

Dr. K. and his little man servant are pricey, but at least United HC will send a refund. It just takes 3 months to get it.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

$89 in Houston and this is EXACTLY what he did: Nurse took pee sample, blood pressure, temp. Then the doc came in listened to me breathe, looked in my ears and throat and said "you're good to go, that'll be $89. Have a good day!"

Do you think you're paying for the doctor's time? You couldn't afford that.