I paid my doctor in full for the surgery before ever having it. i.e. CASH PATIENT. Supposed to cover everything and unlimited fills for a year. So today in the mail, I get a bill from the hospital for almost 38K. WTH? It better be a screw up, b/c I am not supposed to be charged that. I hate dealing with hospital billing departments. grrr.

All of this on a day where my scale is showing me up 2 lbs. I have been so good, have been tracking all of my calories, not doing anything bad - only the given mushy diet, have been walking on my treadmill, and drinking maybe more Water than needed. So the stupid hospital bill is hitting at the absolute wrong time. :smile:

/end rant.

sorry to hear about your bad experience.....hope all goes well.....relax and breathe in and out.....

Eek! My doctor and hospital bills were separate--I hope you don't find out that you have a separate hospital fee!

YUp- my dr fees and hospital were seperate too- just saw on my insurance statement that the hospital billed the ins 23000.. yikes!

I wasn't a cash patient, but just to give you some reassurance I know that w/my surgeon that when you pay the cash price, it definitely DOES include the hospital fee. Then, the surgeon pays the hospital a negotiated rate which is much much less than what they would bill you for separately. So, my guess is that there was a mix-up and they billed you instead of going to your surgeon for their share of the cash fee.

I had the same experience. I was cash paid, paid up front, I did have to give separate checks to the doc for his services and the hospitals...about 3 months post op I got a bill from the hospital for 21K...My docs billing manager has been dealing with them for me. The last bill I got from the hospital was ONLY 5K..so, they're getting there...but I shouldn't owe 'em a cent....take a deep breath and call 'em Monday and see what the story is. At one point the hospital claimed not to have received my cashiers check (which had been cashed...) bit it was eventually found. Pain in the butt.