I had a surgery in September 2017 and apparently a nurse in the operating room was out of network and my insurance paid only $168 of the $4,000 bill. I’m pretty angry that this is even possible, as I wasn’t notified beforehand that I would end up with this bill and don’t want to use my emergency fund for something like this. I don’t understand why they used a facility and surgeon and anesthesiologist etc in network but not the nurse. To make matters worse, I wasn’t even aware there was an outstanding balance until a collections company sent me a notice. They said they have already sent three notices and that the nurse’s office sent several notices (to an old address) but I did not receive them. I have until August 5 to pay before it is reported to the credit bureaus. What are my options?
Submitted July 12, 2018 at 05:21PM by Mmmelanie https://ift.tt/2JjdqSp
