Becky’s comprehensive major medical health insurance plan at work has a deductible of $730. the policy pays 80 percent of any amount above the deductible. while on a hiking trip, becky contracted a rare bacterial disease. her medical costs for treatment, including medicines, tests, and a seven-day hospital stay, totaled $9,233. a friend told her that she would have paid less if she had a policy with a stop-loss feature that capped her out-of-pocket expenses at $4,700.

a.

calculate the total amount becky would pay under the current policy. (do not round intermediate calculations. round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

becky's co-insurance cost $

deductible $

total personal cost $

b.

would a $4,700 stop-loss provision on her current policy have reduced becky's cost for this illness?