https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:53:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581185 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:44:05 +0000 shinymama 1581185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I normally don't scrutinze our medical bills {mostly because we have an HMO so I don't have to pay them}.</p> <p>However, with my LO I kept getting a bill that my insurance wouldn't cover. When I called to inquire about it they told me that they wouldn't pay for the circumcision that was performed on ME. I had her repeat that to me a few times before she finally realized the mistake. :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581097 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:13:55 +0000 matador84 1581097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: totally. I keep thinking ugh I shouldn't have called ambulance but there is no way of knowing if she would have arrived healthy, safe and sound! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581094 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:13:25 +0000 theotherstark 1581094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread is scaring me ... Going to step away for now ... haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581087 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:10:39 +0000 Foodnerd81 1581087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: Unbelievable! I mean, at the end of the day, it is what it is and you had a very healthy baby at the end of what could have been very scary, so there is no point getting upset... but still. BS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581085 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:09:09 +0000 matador84 1581085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: ridiculous! I know I got billed for ibuprofen when I was in hospital and I should have brought my own!!! They charged 45$ for oxygen for dd in ambulance. Really? 45$! And it was 79$ for them to clamp the cord and cut it. Insane! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581081 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:07:24 +0000 matador84 1581081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: you won't believe this...I got two separate bills for ambulance-one for me that is 900 and one for dd that is 1100! Such bs!!!!!! I called insurance today though because a claim hadn't been filed on dd because the ambulance company said it was a normal delivery. BS!!!!! So anyway I think insurance will pay a little on her, but it will still probably be a 2000 ambulance ride when we were 3 miles from hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581068 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:01:01 +0000 swurlygurl 1581068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Uh, I did not read them. Too much medical nonsense and too many abbreviations!</p> <p>I feel like I should have though... there was a lot going on for awhile, I have no idea what I was charged for </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581065 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:58:31 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1581065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: hahaha true that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581064 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:58:20 +0000 Bao 1581064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: I think the amount you get charged for things is insanity. When A went in for her hip surgery but then didn't end up needing surgery after she was put under, it was still $5,800 for "surgical procedures" the eff?! I'm glad my insurance covered it because that's ridiculous. Same for a bottle of Motrin they sent home with us, it was like $68...there must be gold at the bottom, still waiting to see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581057 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:54:36 +0000 Foodnerd81 1581057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I looked pretty carefully at it-- mostly I wanted to make sure I didn't have to pay more than my OOP max. Figures, my expenses came within $15 of my max.</p> <p>@matador84: Seems like all the hard stuff was already taken care of before any medical personnel showed up! Your friend should be the one billing for delivery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581056 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:54:26 +0000 matador84 1581056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: same. The companies will never bill you back since you get so many separate bills-they don't care about what your deductible is and if you've met, only if your insurance catches it when the bill them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581020 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:45:50 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1581020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got overcharged at LOs ER visit! We took him in for croup and they prescribed a steroid, but I declined it since he was breathing okay and didn't need it. But we still got billed for it! It was $20 so I didn't contest it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581017 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:44:05 +0000 Bao 1581017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never used to but I started paying attention to all medical bills more closely because I was paying things I shouldn't have been! I wonder where some of that money went because I never got a check back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dodid-you-read-your-hospital-bills-carefully#post-1581012 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:42:08 +0000 matador84 1581012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't with my first pregnancy because I was overwhelmed from an ER visit and then new insurance and all the bills from when I had DS.</p> <p>With dd, I paid way more attention. I'm pretty sure I overpaid on DS-past my oop max. This time I've been so vigilant-the ambulance service screwed up and overbilled without insurance and I was getting bills from hospital but already paid a chunk at my obs so I got a check back.</p> <p>It Pays to pay attention! Ha! </p>