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There is nothing you can do but laugh at the stupidity in medical billing. I've asked for it before like this too, and they respond with 1 line item that says "
by mjparrott 6y ago
There is nothing you can do but laugh at the stupidity in medical billing. I've asked for it before like this too, and they respond with 1 line item that says "service - total". I asked "when the doctor mistakenly did that 1 test on me, was it part of the total charges" and they couldn't answer.
There are price sheets with unique codes on them that are used for billing in hospitals. These price sheets are used for a provider (hospital) to send to your payor (your insurance). They have the minimum amount of information on them to get the insurance company to pay their portion. They are not set up for the actual human being being treated to understand or find them useful. It's a systemic problem with the way the industry is configured. Good luck changing it.
- DavidPeiffer 6y agoWhen I get vague medical bills in the mail, I ask for an itemization. After about 3 times, I asked if they can flag my account as always wanting an itemization. Apparently that's impossible, so I had to call every time. Super frustrating, but medical billing is so complex, it feels like it's intended to make the patient give up and simply accept whatever charges are present, and not even attempt to verify bills are correct. Nobody would accept a single line bill from a mechanic for "car repairs", yet somehow that's standard for the black check of financial liability we sign up for when we see providers.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoBelieve T singned a bill for medical bill transparency this year.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoLooks like it was an executive order, comment doesn't deserve downvotes. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/24/735432387/trump-administration-pushes-to-make-health-care-pricing-more-transparent https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/24/7354323...