I went through the same thing on my knee. 3 pointless appointments and two months to get to the MRI, that should have been the first step.
How can they be saving money by adding extra steps to my diagnosis? It's not just the insurance companies that are the problem. Medical providers have their own schemes to milk the insurance for more money.
This was the whole point of restructuring. Gaming our tax and legal system to maximize profits. Put all the losses into your LLC.