re: Medical billing nightmares: anybody want to share stories?

I have had a shite ton of medical billing issues. And if the hospital is wrong, good luck getting it cleared.

I had a doctor ask for some tests on a biopsy that I did not request, and were not standard. Cost me like $600 in the end. I was so livid when i got the bill - I didn't get this, but oh yes apparently I did. The insurance company was no help.

I got a bill 5 years after a knee surgery. It was maybe $250, but they called collections on me. I got a laywer friend to write a letter for me, and it stopped it. But annoying as all frick.

What I especially hate is when they say - this is your portion at the office, and then you get a bill later in the mail.