Latesha Moore has a choice at work between a traditional health insurance plan that pays 80 percent of the cost of doctor visits after a $250 deductible and an HMO that charges a $8 co-payment per visit plus a $21 monthly premium deduction from her paycheck. Latesha anticipates seeing a doctor once a month for her high blood pressure. The cost of each office visit is $70. She normally sees the doctor an average of three times a year for other health concerns. Comment on the difference in costs between the two health care plans and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Latesha would pay an annual out-of-pocket cost with the traditional plan of $____. (Round to the nearest dollar.)