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Ready_Improvement_21 t1_je6ll68 wrote

Reply to comment by Maxwyfe in Surgery options by Anima_EB

It seems like this is more common now. I had my son 7 years ago and never had to prepay for anything. Always just waited for the bill after it was settled through insurance.

Had an ultrasound a few weeks back and they required full payment of the estimated amount due when I checked in.

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Maxwyfe t1_je6mp0e wrote

I'm curious. Who estimated the amount due and did they refund any amount you overpaid for this "estimate."

The whole thing just sounds so scammy. Like "Here's what we think you are going to owe us after your insurance (that you pay for) pays us the amount we agreed this procedure will cost. Now you pay this arbitrarily determined difference or we'll wait a few months to remove that funky looking mole."

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Seymour---Butz t1_je7uirr wrote

As I commented above, they made us pay that estimated amount on my husband’s procedure. It was double the correct amount, and it took months to get the refund.

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Ready_Improvement_21 t1_je6rj3b wrote

It was figured by Mercy. I haven't received any documents from my insurance yet, but what Mercy sent me was their estimate of what would be due after insurance.

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Maxwyfe t1_je6ruox wrote

I just can't imagine another business model, besides the mafia, where you just have to pay arbitrary amounts of money to some third party in order not to die.

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robzilla71173 t1_je6w8lz wrote

lol, truth. I had a couple of surgeries through Mercy last year and it all started with an ER visit. We were at a rural ER in Aurora and I kid you not, the door was locked to keep me from leaving until I paid them $1040, and an armed guard was sitting by the checkout lady. I felt like I was being muscled for cash. I handed them my credit card through the window, she ran it, then signaled to buzz the door open. I honestly felt like it was a mob run thing.

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Maxwyfe t1_je6wefq wrote

What the shit?! They can’t do that!

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