UPDATE:
My dispute with the hospital was “concluded” with the hospital saying that my objection was considered irrelevant. Because I stayed overnight on a hard stretcher in the ER with no private room, no hospital bed, and no bathroom, leaving me to wander the halls when I needed to use the restroom, I have officially received “the same care” as I would have if I’d actually been given the room to which I had been admitted.
The woman said the decision was “final.”
My insurance company didn’t seem interested in helping me, since they had already covered everything they were going to cover.
Any further ideas?
This really irritates me. They are charging me the same as a person who got their nice private room, state of the art bed, and private bathroom. While the medical care might have been the same, that in my mind does not make the experience equitable.