> As patient you need to track who is in an out of network
It's not even which facility, but which staff member! My mother had a pair of surgeries at the same facility, but the first anesthesiologist was in network and the second one was out of network. Both worked for the same place, but the second one was a contracted employee and so they bill differently then the direct hired ones.
It was a major mess and ended up costing us an extra 10k or so.
I am currently fighting a 4k bill. For some super glue and gauze and 'oh it shouldn't be more than 150 that you are paying today'.
They literally just charged me the max they possibly could to my insurance. The insurance just said 'oh well' and paid part of it. Now I am in collections over 1/3rd of the amount I can easily pay.
The provider will not even tell me what procedures got it up to 4k. How the hell did that pass the insurance sniff test.
These jackasses are just sending out bills and hoping someone will pay it. Your credit screwed over. Oh well. They already got paid.
My mother ended up with a collapsed lung. The doctor caused. Then they charged her for it. My mom had a nurse hand my mom her own purse and my mom fished out a bottle Tylenol. 400 bucks.
No one knows what is going on or how things are being charged. At this point it is obviously on poupous. This is not health care. It is racket designed to steal money from people who are sick.
Seriously. If it wasn't for Kaiser making this somewhat sane (even though maybe their care isn't as good as "the best" specialists), I would probably be a nervous wreck, trying to juggle stuff for my family..
It's not even which facility, but which staff member! My mother had a pair of surgeries at the same facility, but the first anesthesiologist was in network and the second one was out of network. Both worked for the same place, but the second one was a contracted employee and so they bill differently then the direct hired ones.
It was a major mess and ended up costing us an extra 10k or so.