Balance Billings and How it Fucks My Ass

Just recieved a hospital bill for my ACL surgery, all $15000 of it.

Thought I got covered, now the insurance said "Shit happens, we know not of it, already covered our part"

So either I can cut a deal with'em so it gets reduced, reviews my right so it gets covered (just maybe) or ditch it. (I don't have an SS number, btw)

Asking cuz Freaky recently got out of a hospital for a toe, and anyone had this before?

Medi-cal insured me before i left the hospital i went to before they send me to the hospital that did the surgery and stay for 2 1/2 weeks. When i went in last year for the knee infection i had no insurance and my VA benefits sucks so i still owe them 4 grand which i'm not gonna pay jack shit since four mins of a doctors time isn't worth 3500$ I did pay the hospital cost since you know the nurse help more and the shots and shit. Some reason the hospital and the doctor's bills are two different invoices. The hospital made sure they gonna get paid before i got hacked.

It depends on what insurance you have and it's deductible. The insurance should of sent you there billing on what they paid for and on the hospital bill there should be what they got vs what you need to pay. If the hospital wants there money they will work out something with you. There really nothing they can do to you if you don't pay. Collections will mail you shit every week and call you three time a day. they might give you a discount and qualify you for charity write off since their bottom line is inflated to the extreme.

The doctor, forgave was the term, a lot of my bills, and as it stands my insurance paid a lot already, but in the end the hospital didn't, and the precertification didn't say jack about me being 100% covered. But since I went out of my way to buy a $2000 insurance I'm going to expect my deductiblesto be high. Oh they sent me the bills and invoice you've mentioned. Intially it's some where around $30000, then they cut the anesthesia bill down to $2300 and the insurance paid $10000 or so, so it's $150000. Still half but not going to happen on a labbey salary, maybe until I get signed by the Galaxies will I be able to pay this with ease, which is in 2018.

Aww man. Seeing how your in a sticky situation gets me pretty nervous. I hope everything goes well, thats alot of money :(

*Insert cliché puns about fapping here*

Thanks dood

I live in Canada. I recall breaking my leg at 17 and being in hospital for a week. A $50 bill for an ambulance was all I was charged.

VOTE FREAK FOR PREZ:Selling North Dakota to Canada for free Healthcare.

When I was in fourth grade I had this weird disorder where I'd barf up everything that I ate, and after a while it got so bad that I started to become dehydrated. Ended up spending most of that year in hospital with nutrients being shot up my veins via IV therapy. I don't remember the details but the bills were a nightmare according to my mother.

Seriously though, that sucks man. Good luck!

I keep having to explain that the reason obamacare sucks balls isn't obamacare, but the Conservative compromised to pass it. You have to pay because we are americans and socialism is wrong.... except free schools, libraries, social and corporate welfare, tax returns, paying the police/firemen/solders and grandma's meds and social securities is a form of socialism. Yeah free healthcare isn't the best shit ever.... but still it something. Single payer like the rest of the world. The Canadian system is just the hmo clinic system, but at least the shit gets done. It not like places where you have free healthcare don't have access to private insurance or cash.... your rich still come here for treatments... just the working people need something.

My insurance sucks balls but i have not choice. My cost for insurance is too much. Hell paying the five bucks a month for my brother's Healthy families insurance was fucking awesome... specially braces was free.