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[โ€“] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So this isn't far from what you should do if you're uninsured. Ask for an itemized bill. Refuse to pay their initial offer. Suddenly the hospital will be quick to lower your bill and work out a fair payment plan. Hospitals hate collections as much as you do

[โ€“] azimir@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

And how about when insured and it's still insane? I had a regular checkup on a medical device. The doctor 15 minute long "how's it going, looks fine, see you in a year" was billed at $360 and using the machine to check that the device was fine was $250. With other add one the total "cost" was $690. Outrageous.

Insurance (supposedly good) paid about $300 of it. Holy crap. A single visit to have a doc say you're good at a rate of $1450/hr ended up being more than I can save in a month. Complete insanity. I've gotta get out of this country.