I had my finger cut and thought I would need stiches. They charged $590 Iodine, $357 for a procedure that was not explained and $500 for glue...NOT STICHES.
2007-06-15 09:37:11 · 11 answers · asked by Michael L 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I would try to challenge the charges with the threat of a lawyer. If you didn't get what was charged, you may have a leg to stand on.
Best of luck.
2007-06-15 09:46:12 · answer #1 · answered by Sara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many hospitals have a financial services department that has the power to adjust your bill if you make arrangements to pay.
Most medical bills are inflated because the doctor or hospital knows that the insurance companies will pay only a small percentage of the charges anyhow. Unfortunately, they are not allowed to have special separate rates for people without insurance. This is why you need to try to negotiate an adjustment with the hospital billing department.
When you call, don't throw a fit about how outrageous the charges are - the people working there are far more likely to help if you are polite and simply explain that you have no insurance and little money. If you don't get any help from the first person, ask if it is possible for you to speak with a supervisor.
Good luck, and I hope that you are healing well.
2007-06-15 09:54:11 · answer #2 · answered by browneyedgirl623 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't bother. they have been getting away with this type of crap for years and by the time you make it through litigation if it even got that far, the lawyers would make more than you would from the outcome if it went your way.
I know how you feel though. I took my 3 year old to the E.R. We were there for 4 hours, no xrays, no stitches. All he got was a dose of Motrin and Benadryl to counteract his unexplained high fever with rash and a prescription for antibiotics- cost $1,169.00. Talk about robbery without violence. For those people who have to get insurance on their own, to get it at an affordable rate, you have to have a high deductible. That is what happened to me. So you still end up paying through the nose for services before the insurance even kicks in. Now I can't even afford that. So you hope and pray you don't get sick
2007-06-15 09:42:41 · answer #3 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I understand this properly, you basically offered the automobile, and the bill in simple terms went to collections, appropriate? It takes a at the same time as in the previous a hospital sends a bill to collections - frequently a minimum of six months of billing you immediately in the previous they try this. this suggests you had the bill in the previous to procure the automobile; so, you knew you owed the money, yet you went out and spent it on a vehicle quite, and now you're overextended. i do in contrast to sequence businesses - they're vicious and unethical and devious, in maximum circumstances - yet consequently i do no longer blame the employer for no longer reducing you any slack. they might see your credit record and that they be attentive to to procure that vehicle loan with the hospital bill nevertheless unpaid. So from the place they sit down, evidently such as you the two in no way meant to pay that bill, in the different case you have numerous funds to pay for the two a vehicle and the bill. In the two case they have not have been given any incentive to decrease you a ruin, as a results of fact the two way you're in simple terms taking earnings. And it does not make it any extra suitable that your clarification for a clean vehicle quite than a effective used vehicle develop into because you're "uninterested in used vehicles." Your financial duties take criminal priority over that. you in addition to might seem dissatisfied on the hospital for the quantity of the bill, and the answer to that's, you mustn't bypass to the emergency room for habitual treatment. this is why this is noted as the "emergency" room - this is for emergencies, and it quotes for pressing care. If it is not pressing - and this needless to say wasn't - you may desire to have long gone on your standard pediatrician, till you probably did no longer care what the bill develop into going to be - which additionally probable makes the employer think of you in no way meant to pay it. So definite, they might sue you. besides the shown fact that, in case you additionally could make some charge, even whether this is not any longer as much as they choose, deliver it to them. shop records of the money. in the event that they do sue you, this is going to bypass plenty extra suitable on you in case you could coach the court docket you are attempting.
2016-10-09 07:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something like that would not be worth it. By the time you paid lawyer and legal fees you'd probably owe more then you did in the 1st place. Glue is uses a lot of times to avoid scars from the stitches.. An much less painfull
2007-06-15 09:46:27 · answer #5 · answered by pookiesmom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lawsuit probably will not be helpful. However, you can call the billing department and talk to them about reducing the charges. They sometimes will if you can establish need and are actually willing and able to pay the reduced charges.
2007-06-15 09:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by randomcobweb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
There are far too many sue-happy, money grubbing idiots like yourself out there as it is. Too many pending lawsuits over petty nonsense and unproven accusations. People need to learn to be responsible for themselves, not run to the nearest lawyer for every accident or error in judgment.
2007-06-15 10:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can sue but it will cost more money than just paying the bill. You can blame the high cost on people who skip out on paying for anything.
2007-06-15 09:44:37 · answer #8 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Or you can ask for the hospital or an independent firm for an audit.
2007-06-15 09:42:23 · answer #9 · answered by regerugged 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blame lawsuits like the one you propose.
2007-06-15 09:42:17 · answer #10 · answered by only p 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋