> I got a bill from the hospital for $11k and change, just the stay and > a visit from a speech pathologist. The speech pathologist was three > hundred and some plus another two hundred and change for a "swallow > evaluation."
Dana, first off, DO NOT feel foolish about this. The fact is you were following up on a suspected discrepancy and that is a good thing(tm). second, isn't it amazing what doctors can charge? :-) The fact that it turned out to be your co-pay is an entirely different matter and in this case you should simply be glad the hospital was charging for services you actually received (yes, I release it was a very expensive cookie ;-) ) but your insurance is covering the "visit" so no worries there! FWIW, When my grandfather died (about 10 years ago), the hospital he died in (in Little Rock, Arkansas) tried to get my father to sign off on an invoice to Medicaid (or maybe it was medicare) that included services rendered after the date of death (like feeding and doses of medicine, painkillers, that sort of stuff). When my father refused to "participate in insurance fraud" they tacked the charges onto a bill that eventually ended up as a claim against my grandfather's estate... it was cleared up but could have been prevented had the hospital simply charged for services/supplies actually rendered rather than trying to defraud the government programs. > Good thing I *had* a medical plan, huh? Yes! When we got the bill for my son's appendectomy earlier this year, we had a bit of fun doing the math involving how much allowance it would take to pay for the procedures he had, with insurance and without...$21K was the total bill (two nights in the hospital, the surgery (laproscopic), blood work, MRI, extra-antibiotics for pneumonia (found during the MRI), follow-up from the doctor(s)... we ended up paying nothing because he was admitted to the hospital after an emergency room visit... didn't mind not having to pay that bill :-) -- -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138486 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
