http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00728 from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00728#comment-3696 Edward Stevenson Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:56:44 +0000 http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/?p=728#comment-3696 We recently had our first baby, the line item hospital charges for him came in at $1,100 I then got a EOB and bill from the hospital stating that I owed almost $4,000 dollars for his care (it was a health birth, no complications or issues) I called BCBS and the hospital curious why my adjustments and write offs were tripling my bill and was eventually told that the DRG is the $4,000 price so that's what I owe. (I have a high deduct so it was all under deductible). I asked the hospital, "your basically telling me that if I was uninsured my bill would be $1,100 but because I have insurance it is $4,000?" the reply was, yeah that's basically right. We recently had our first baby, the line item hospital charges for him came in at $1,100 I then got a EOB and bill from the hospital stating that I owed almost $4,000 dollars for his care (it was a health birth, no complications or issues) I called BCBS and the hospital curious why my adjustments and write offs were tripling my bill and was eventually told that the DRG is the $4,000 price so that’s what I owe. (I have a high deduct so it was all under deductible). I asked the hospital, “your basically telling me that if I was uninsured my bill would be $1,100 but because I have insurance it is $4,000?” the reply was, yeah that’s basically right.

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