re: **updated Need advice on how to address ER visit bill

My wife went in a little over a year ago for the same thing. Her colon was ruptured so I guess our tests were deemed necessary as she was taken into surgery. I also have BCBS.

Also you need to watch out for some of the doctors that work at hospitals. Just because you are at a BCBS hospital does not mean all of the doctors there are BCBS doctors.

I would wait until you get the bill from the hospital. I had a test recently that the majority of the cost was my responsibility but when I got the bill, the doctor charged me what the insurance company paid.