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Then what are these additional bills I get from Doctors service companies. I recently paid $250 for an ER visit. That was an expected deductible as outlined in
by yardie 8y ago
Then what are these additional bills I get from Doctors service companies. I recently paid $250 for an ER visit. That was an expected deductible as outlined in my healthcare plan. What I didn’t expect was a separate bill from the ER doctor for an additional $200 for a 5 minute visit.
- itronitron 8y agoERs are weird in that people (doctors/nurses) can just pop in and sound like they have something meaningful to say, then disappear 30 seconds later. During a recent trip to the ER with my son, for abdominal pain, one of the pop in doctors told me that he reviewed the CAT scan and 'her ovaries look good' ... I'm now inclined to write down identifying information with timestamps and summary of interaction for anyone that comes past the curtain.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI get those, too. I've been somewhat successful at fighting them, though.
- FireBeyond 8y agoMany hospitals like to have their physicians as contractors or consultants. For bonus points, not all hospitals require their physicians to be in the same network as the facility, so you can get an "out of network" bill for the ER doc at an in network hospital. Or, to get even more ridiculous, I went to a large chain urgent care. They had labs in house. I got a blood draw there as part of a physical from the PA-C. And an out of network bill. Lab ABC, owned by healthcare provider ABC, inside an ABC urgent care, was somehow out of network, in contrast to the facility and the provider. Cue a $600 bill...