Last minute payment

[genevasc 3]

Why don’t the weight loss center tell you upfront how much you will how to pay out of pocket why wait and tell me I need to pay 891.00 2 days before surgery

[Hop_Scotch 1,632]

That is frustrating! Sounds like an honest omission (doesn't happen very often) or just generally bad administration (happens to most patients).

[iattcom 96]

To give your insurance the chance to catch-up with all of the payments you may have made to other balances? I am only guessing here as I am in the same spot and I have the same issue with my hospital. I have to go and pay for additional supplies for my c-pap machine because I have not met the deductible on my insurance yet. I plan to bring that bill with me to the hospital to get the hospital bill reduced.

[Auroragirl4489 88]

Most hospitals check with your insurance a day or so before surgery for the most up to date info. Is this your deductible or out of pocket max? I’m sorry this is happening to you.

[macadamia 591]

Mine hit me up for $350 at my first appointment to cover the exercise physiologist, which I did not know about and was kind of mad, but paid it (of course). Then, right before I was approved by insurance, I saw a bill from them for $1400. I've not called my insurance company yet, I plan to do that this week, to see if this is just because of billing and paying time lag by the insurance company. I'm hoping so, because I don't have $1400...

[genevasc 3]

My deductible has been met
They are charging me because there Anesthesia is out of my network I’m sure they knew this a week before surgery
Now I trying to come up with 900.00

[allyb15 8]

I have paid my Surgeon $790(before my first appt with him) and the hospital called and said I would have to pay them $1300, 10 days before surgery... my date is October 15th. The payments will satisfy my Out-Of-Pocket(OOP) expense with my insurance for the year. Once OOP is met, insurance will pay 100% of my medical expenses... for the remainder of this year

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