Came home to rather unpleasant news tonight - got slapped with a hefty bill ($1800) for a recent ER visit. I caught a stomach virus and was having severe vomiting (not just normal m/s) and called my doctor after I couldn't even keep down fluids, and she instructed me to go to the ER. They simply gave me an IV of fluids. No other procedures.
Now begins the first of what will surely be many calls to fight my insurance company. Sigh. Has this happened to anyone else before? Damn BCBS.
Re: ER visit - insurance denied
whiskey tango foxtrot. I'm sorry you're having to deal with this.
Why can't insurance companies just effing pay claims already?
Was the ER you visited out of your insu
I agree. Unfortunat
You may want to give the hospitals billing department a call. I had a similar situation were I got a bill for over $1000 but when I called the hospital it was only $100 (copayment). Turns out that the bill was mailed before BCBS submitted payment. 
Also I have leaned that visits like that that are 'not routine' arent well covered! It's all about the billing code!
Call call call...
I've had my fair share of insurance crap over the past year. Call your insurance to make sure the hospital billed it correctly, and that the hospital is in network and then call the hospital. Document every single time you
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From what I understand, the Affordable Care Act says that all insurance companies must cover emergency care that a "prudent layperson, acting reasonably" would consider an emergency. I think any person, even if they weren't a doctor, would have conside
Call and keep calling until you get answers. My H found that the best way to resolve one of my bills is to have the hospital billing department on a conference call with hi
I work for insurance (not BCBS) and unfortunately, there are a lot of ppl who will go to the ER for cold symptoms, which is completely unnecessary. These ppl who abuse ER's cause the cost to increase dramatically for everyone because they're using spec