The provider can only charge you up to 15% over the amount that non-participating providers are paid. Non-participating providers are paid 95% of the fee schedule amount. The limiting charge applies only to certain Medicare-covered services and doesn't apply to some supplies and durable medical equipment.
Full Definition of TORMENT. 1. : the infliction of torture (as by rack or wheel). 2. : extreme pain or anguish of body or mind: agony. 3. : a source of vexation or pain.ull Definition of TORMENT. 1. : the infliction of torture (as by rack or wheel). 2. : extreme pain or anguish of body or mind: agony. 3. : a source of vexation or pain.
The noun anguish refers to severe physical or emotional pain or distress. A trip to the dentist might cause a cavity-prone person a lot of anguish. We get this word from a Latin word, angustus, which literally meant narrow but developed the figurative sense of distressed â think of being choked off or forced into a small space. In modern times anguish has been in the English with the parallel and related meanings of physical torment and emotional suffering.. Both kinds might be experienced at the hands of a dentist who likes to make his patients squirm in agony.