How 15 Minutes on MDsave.com Saved Me $3,000

A knee injury was keeping retiree David Tullish from doing the outdoor activities he loves most. Fortunately, his insurance company recommended he check out MDsave, and he ended up saving more than $3,000 on his MRI! Now, he’s back on the slopes and telling everyone to shop around for care at MDsave.com.

Meet David

"I'm David Tullish and I retired about six years ago. In the summer, I like to golf; in the winter, I ski; and all year round, I like to hike in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I live in Jefferson, North Carolina, and we often go to Tennessee and Virginia. 

I have a ski pass up at Beech Mountain in North Carolina and I go three or four times a week. That's where I hurt my knee."

Finding MDsave

"This past August, I’d switched from BlueCross BlueShield to Sidecar. When I called Sidecar about my injury, they recommended that I go in for treatment and use MDsave. I got the CPT code [from my doctor] for the MRI that I needed and then got a quote from the hospital. The hospital gave me a $3,600 quote for my MRI! When I followed up with Sidecar, they told me, 'No, no, you need to go to MDsave, put in the CPT code, and they’ll show you a better price. Likely between $500 and $600; it’s a much better option.' Sure enough, when I went to MDsave.com, it took me less than 15 minutes to enter the code, find a hospital near me, pay just $600 for my MRI and schedule my appointment. I had my voucher printed out and everything settled within half an hour, and I’d saved over $3,000. That’s incredible!

[MDsave’s] website was so easy to use, and I had four or five different options of providers that were less than an hour to 90 minutes away from me. And I could save $3,000 by going to any of them. It’s just fantastic. It’s a great product and I just can’t wait to see this company save more people tons of money."

"You Couldn't Find a Happier Customer"

"I will always use MDsave whenever I get any type of medical procedure in the future. The way Sidecar works, there’s no deductible. So in this case, I would have been on the hook for about $3,100 of the hospital’s quoted price. Thankfully, I checked and got a better price by shopping around with [MDsave].

And my knee’s 100% healed now! The quality of care that I got [at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center] was top-notch.

Overall, I just so appreciate the fact that [MDsave] saved me over 3,000 bucks! You couldn’t find a happier customer."