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Originally Posted by bivenator
Got the bill over the weekend, the CT was billed at an unbelievable 6800 dollars vs. the ultrasound which was an astonding 1100 dollars. Total bill for 8 hours and a bunk diagnosis 13k. No harm though right.
Pretty high, no wait, incredibly high. I haven't even recieved the Dr bill and radiologist bills.
Its gonna be a fight to get this right.
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I don't think you're approaching this with a very good attitude. You need to sit down with the billing dept head and ask some questions. You should be able to pay what they would accept through negotiated fee schedules with insurance companies.
But, you need to be prepared to write the check right then and there once the bottom line is understood. That's a very good reason they mask the bottom line. They don't know what you can do for them. They might have to put you into collection and take cents on the dollar or wait months and years as you stretch out payments.
All they want is to get paid and will take ready cash in exchange for a much reduced (read: negotiated) fee. This doesn't have to be a battle.
Do get a receipt that says what is being paid and that it is paid in full.