Never Pay a Hospital Bill Without Doing These 3 Things

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  @socialcapofficial · 1 month ago · pinned

  The prompt discount request has saved me, quite literally, thousands of dollars throughout the past two decades. If you take nothing else from this video, take this: in this, and in all things, it never hurts to simply ask. The worst they can ever say is no.

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  @ray.d.oeaux1230 · 1 month ago

  The game is rigged.  Notice that the "billing errors" run in favor of the hospital—not the patient.

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  @fazeplants · 1 month ago

  30 years ago, I didn’t know any better and I disputed a hospital bill, because it was so large that I could not pay it. By the time we got done checking and validating, the hospital dismissed the entire charge and I paid nothing.

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  @shaunajoy · 1 month ago

  I was a finance director for a huge medical corp, owner of many hospitals in DC.  This info is 100percent true.  Good job creator.

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  @jazzmoos5382 · 1 month ago

  “Being polite to the person who answers”<br>💯 makes a huge difference.

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  @jameschaves5723 · 1 month ago

  After my father died, they billed my mother. I called the financial department and stated “she absolutely will not pay this now that she’s a widow!!” I never heard from them ever again.

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  @gan_the_white · 1 month ago

  Just about everything is negotiable but most people fear negotiation.

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  @ReincarnatedDeist · 1 month ago

  Step 1.5 &nbsp; Request the Fully itemized bill you will nearly always find items that are NOT provided, administered, or performed.

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  @shanew7361 · 1 month ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve found too that scans outside the hospital are sometimes 400% cheaper. Going to the hospital or off site same hospital affiliation for scans is way overpriced and literally thievery.

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  @masshole1177 · 1 month ago

  I work at a hospital and the insurance fraud is overwhelming from my own department. A 1/4 to up to a 1/2 of the orders are unnecessary. All to bill the insurance. What is worse is the ordering provider get a cut. The more exams they order, more money they make. More work for me.

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  @sebastianpetreus5668 · 1 month ago

  I always ask for bill forgiveness based on income. It was great when I qualified and had my bill wiped. Later on my salary grew and I didn’t qualify anymore, but they still gave me a discount just because I applied.

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  @Dug-v3y · 1 month ago

  Got a bill from an er visit over 17,000 with great union insurance! That showed I owed 900! I called and asked for an itemized list. They ask me if I had my insurance copies I said yes! A couple months latter they sent me a check for 100 dollars for over payment!

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