I’m in Utah and in Need of Help

Hello hello, I really need advise on what options I have.

I just turned 26 at the end of August meaning I aged out of my parents insurance. Terrible timing because I not only started a new job and don’t get coverage until November, but am also at risk/in the process of determining if I have cancer.

Without getting too much into the details, I had cancer twice when I was a kid, and am at a higher risk of getting it again at some point. I’ve been showing symptoms that I could potentially have it again and my doctor is concerned about it and wants me to get a ct scan. I set up the appointment for the scan, but the hospital ended up giving me a call saying that insurance was denied since I aged out. They also said that it would be a shit ton of money just for the deposit to get the ct scan. Since I got this new job, I reached out to the benefits team asking if they could make an exception and let me be covered now, but obviously they refused and now I’m at a loss as to what I should do. The hospital said they can’t help because I’m no longer covered and that they need to take the deposit in order to get the scan. If I can’t pay the deposit, I would need to reschedule once I was able to pay (which their next soonest appointment is a month and a half – two months out and I can’t wait that long for obvious reasons). I can’t pay a deposit of nearly $3000 so I’m at a complete loss as to how I should go about this.

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Is there someone who is smarter than me when it comes to insurance that would be able to help me.? I don’t even know where to begin now.