Medical billing hodge podge thread.

3bm103
Sat, 07 May 2016 00:41:53 +0000

My cousin had ovarian cancer. Had to have a complete hysterectomy. Picked an in network provider and hospital. Everything preapproved. Then received a bill from the anesthesiologist. For $500. Office told her it was because it was applied to her deductible. In the first place, this was in August and her deductible had been met sometime in January. That and her deductible was $450. So she called the insurance company. Was told it was turned down because it was not preapproved. Seriously? They expected her to get preapproval for the anesthesiologist who she did not meet until the surgery date? Insurance covered the surgeon, hospital stay, recovery, all tests and treatment for the cancer but expected her to have surgery without anesthesia?

She told them to sue her.