re: Medical Billing has gone mad

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I checked multiple times prior and talked with the billing people prior to everything to make sure everything was in network. Well guess what, months later I get a damn out of network anesthesiologist bill. $4,000.

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I had the same thing happen when my son went for PE tubes. The anesthesiologist was in network, but his CRNA, which I never met or even realized was involved in his care, was not in network. I got a bill 6 months later for $700.

I appealed and won, but it took way too much of my time to get it fixed. It’s amazing they never make mistakes that benefit the patient. It’s always over charging the patient and hoping they pay without contesting it. They also making it very frustrating to appeal to discourage you.