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Can you eat before an ENT appointment?

You can eat or drink normally before your ENT appointment. The only exception is if you’re getting CT imaging tests with contrast dye. For contrast procedures, you’ll have to refrain from eating or drinking for two hours before the imaging test.

You don’t have to avoid eating for ultrasounds and all other examinations done by your ENT. If you’re having allergy testing done by an ENT, you may need to stop certain medications before your appointment.

* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

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Your actual costs may be higher or lower than these cost estimates. Check with your provider and health plan details to confirm the costs that you may be charged for a service or procedure. You are responsible for costs that are not covered and for getting any pre-authorizations or referrals required by your health plan. Neither payments nor benefits are guaranteed.

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