I had surgery in January, and as you might recall, the doctor accidentally coded it as a laparoscopy instead of an operative hysteroscopy. He told me himself at my follow-up that he had coded it wrong and that he would try to fix it, but he obviously wasn't successful since I got a bill for $3000 for a laparoscopy a few months later. After several frustrating phone calls, including one in which the person to whom I was talking insisted that if I had surgery it must have been a laparoscopy, I finally got the revised bill yesterday, and it's only $500. Thank goodness!!!
You may have noticed that I added a page documenting the costs of our infertility so far. I can't believe we've spent so much to do so little. Time to add the most recent bill...
Glad you got the bill resolved! Must be a relief!
ReplyDeleteYou have no idea! We'd already received a letter threatening to send us to collections, even though we'd been told they put a hold on it while it was being processed. I have to say, the one way to make someone happy about getting a medical bill for $500 is to send them a bill for $3,000 first, then adjust it downwards.
DeleteCollections! That's kind of rude considering everything else. I know they have to get their money, but if it's in dispute it's kind of obnoxious to threaten that!!!
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