“I’m torn on this. Services were rendered and the recipient is on the hook for them. I’ve been in the medical field and revenue goes to pay largely for employees and their benefits, including insurance.”
This is simple not true. Hospitals get most of their money by over charging insurance companies. I had chemo port installed. A 3-hour max out patient procedure. They charge Medicare and my insurance $53,000 dollars. Really?
This hospital likely collected 100s of thousands of dollars for her care from insurance and are worried about hounding him for $3000.
While in the hospital for my cancer surgery they ran dozens of tests that I likely didn’t need. Tests that had nothing to do with cancer and all came back negative.
Exactly! That is what I'm getting at. Doctors and clinics need to explain in depth (when time isn't critical) the procedures recommended and the associated costs. This is seldom done.
Before my prostatectomy surgery, a urologist insisted that a cystoscopy was necessary to survey the organs and tissue to be incised. I later found a more adept surgeon and he said that was bunk and would have cost many thousands of dollars more, and caused a LOT of unnecessary pain. The surgery went fine without this.