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out-of-pocket cost

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006186

In medicine, the amount of money a patient pays for medical expenses that are not covered by a health insurance plan. Out-of-pocket costs include deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, and costs for noncovered health care services.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006186
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006186",
  "term": "out-of-pocket cost",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "In medicine, the amount of money a patient pays for medical expenses that are not covered by a health insurance plan. Out-of-pocket costs include deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, and costs for noncovered health care services.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/out-of-pocket-cost/"
}

Record 12,397 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.