This Healthcare Mistake Cost Me $400 -- and It Was Completely Avoidable

This Healthcare Mistake Cost Me $400 -- and It Was Completely Avoidable

Image source: Getty Images A few years back, I needed some blood work to follow up on a health condition I've had for a while. It was a routine appointment -- one I'd done many times. But while that lab test had always been free in the past, this time it cost me $400.