This happened at the end of March. I, like many other people, decided to buy a long board due to the stay at home orders so I thought I would skate around my neighborhood.
Long story short I fell and pretty much broke my wrist the third day long boarding. Couldn’t move my wrist at all what so ever. I am a software engineer and couldn’t even type with my right hand so I was very concerned and went to the local MedCo ER down the block, just to talk to them about pricing. I specifically told the If they are gonna charge me more than $300 then I am going to leave. They asked if I had insurance, I said yes, the said it would cost $250 to get an x ray and I was 100% covered. I agreed. (I just gradated in 2019 and have been working for only a year, idk how insurance works) They do the x ray and my wrist isn’t broken and they assume I have a fucked up ligament and put me in a cheap wrist cast and say it’s gonna take about a month to heal and there is nothing else to do.
Long story short again fast forward three weeks ago and they sent me a bill for $3987. I was furious and confused. I drive to Medco ER and show up and ask to see the owner/manager. I am not rude but let them know this is wrong and they lied to me, and that they promised I was covered. I then pointed to the sign outside that said “No surprise billing” and that this is EXACTLY surprise billing. They went silent after that comment and said they will talk to there billing department and get back to me.
TODAY they sent me a new bill only totaling $1341 and asked me to pay this now instead of the original amount.
What do I do? Do I continue to argue this is wrong? What if I don’t pay? Will this hurt my credit? Will it cause issues buying a house down the road? They PROMISED to my face that I would not pay over $250 and now I have bills.
Am I in the wrong and should pay or are they in the wrong?
Edit: my wrist is still fucked up and am wearing a brace, and I’m afraid to go get it checked out again because I can’t have more bills
Submitted September 30, 2020 at 09:54PM by jaccub https://ift.tt/30mkf0J
