re: Why do hospitals have their people send separate bills?

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Not all physicians are employed by the hospital.

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Which is really great when you get balance billed because the hospital employs someone not covered by your insurance. Even if the hospital is listed as "in-network", some random attending whose name you will never remember can bill you for a thousand buck which your insurance denies as "out of network."

Can you make it clear when you walk into the ER or get admitted that you only want to be seen by in-network physicians? Because if not, this is ridiculous and needs to be fixed.

(yes, it's happened to me twice this year and yes I'm pissed)