Went to the emergency room a couple of days ago for some pulled muscles in my side. I was very sure that's what it was but the doctor insisted that xrays and an EKG be done then after the xrays were developed the doctor saw a spot in my lung area so that meant a Cat Scan had to be done...after nearly 7 hours of being in wretching pain with my ribs and muscles I was finally given something for the pain and was told the spot was just a weird twisty that my 1st rib makes and then released!
I feel I was never truly treated for what I came in for!!! Is there any way that I can contest the bill when it comes because I don't have any kind of insurance and I am really angry at the thought that I will have to pay for things I did not come in for....don't get me wrong, I'm glad I don't have cancer but still....I didn't come in there with the thought that I did!!!!
2006-06-25 17:58:36 · 11 answers · asked by Pudgygirl 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
As much as I appreciate most of your answers I think in some ways I was misunderstood. My concern wasn't that I was billed for using the hospital services, I am angry because I was never treated for what I actually came in for! I understand that the doctor had reasons to test the "spot" for cancer, etc. but after I was found to be cancer free, the reason I actually came in for was forgotten and not treated. I am still in terrible pain...sometimes reeling and have since seen my regular doctor who treated me with a steroid shot and pain and muscle relaxer med's.
Thank you though for your answers.
2006-07-02 12:29:36 · update #1
Dear Pudgygirl the medical science foresees any problem as potential threat for our bodies or mind. It therefore makes use of all the available technology to confirm that there is no underlying cause of the pain you just mentioned. What we think of as a pulled muscle may have been any thing from a lung tumor to bone tumor to a much benign condition but there was really no way of telling without a xray or CT scan. God forbid what if this pain would have been the earliest sign of a serious underlying disease. In that case after some years you would have been so bitter and angry that why the doctors didn't bother at that time. Please don't think that as a doctor myself I am taking side with my brethren, but this is what goes through a doctor's mind when a patients presents to him.
Hope you understand and though I fully agree that this exuberant amount hurts so bad but in the larger interest of the profession and all of us patients, I would suggest you thank God. and please don't think that you have at the moment, any underlying disease.
Good luck:) and please smile, will you:)?
2006-06-25 18:20:09 · answer #1 · answered by qualittee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could have told them that you were refusing to have the cat scan and to just treat you for what you came in for. You can fill out hardship papers to maybe help pay the bill but believe me there is no way to contest the bill.
2006-06-26 01:04:36 · answer #2 · answered by lostinlove 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doctors were only doing their job. They don't give you anything for pain right away because sometimes the pain is the key to telling them what is wrong. I know that sounds weird but I have been to the emergency room enough to know that. As for paying for it you are the one that chose to go to the emergency room for the pain. That would be like going to the doctors office for something then not wanting to pay him for his opinion when he didn't tell you what you wanted him to tell you. You go to them for a problem and it is their job to tell you what is wrong. I am glad to hear that you don't have cancer either but if you hadn't gone you might have wished you had at a later date!
2006-06-26 01:10:29 · answer #3 · answered by my2catsn1dog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well doctors run test they think you need.. but i do not always think doctors are right.. they have had me on medicine for a long time and i do not know how bad i really needed it.. but now i have renal kidney insufficiency... do you think they care.. we are not doctors but i think they are just practicing and we are kind of like Guinea pigs i feel like at times.. but i do not think there is any way to get away with not paying the bill.. just pay so much a month on it and i do not think they can do anything as long as you are making a effort to pay it...good luck and glad you did not have cancer either...
2006-06-26 01:05:55 · answer #4 · answered by sanangel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like they did what they were supposed to do. They didn't want to get sued for under treating you. You can talk to the finance department of the hospital about the bill and let them know your situation. They might forgive you the bill. Or you can get a free consultation with a lawyer and get his opinion. (Use the yellow pages or talk to friends who have lawyers to find one.)
2006-06-26 01:04:26 · answer #5 · answered by Vanessa B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the hospital and your insurance when the bill comes in
2006-06-26 01:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by Bitch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I mean honestly it might cost you more tryin to get out of payin the bill then being more willingly to pay it
2006-06-26 01:06:32 · answer #7 · answered by Maine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is nothing you can do to contest the charges. You could have refused the tests AT THAT TIME.
2006-06-26 01:04:03 · answer #8 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure but did you agree to have those tests done? If not I think there is something you can do. sorry I cant help you!
2006-06-26 01:04:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check with an attorney, because afterall you do still have the option to decline services, and advise the er dr you will pursue the matter with your personal dr.
2006-06-26 01:04:00 · answer #10 · answered by underdog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋