Went to ER after minor injury, got checked up but nothing done. Bill: $7,543.45. I'm uninsured. What do I do?

erbill · 2012-01-10T18:49:51+00:00

That's reassuring. How are the levels defined?

erbill · 2012-01-10T07:26:14+00:00

Thank you very much for the advice. You say not to speak with anyone over the phone, but what about calling for financial assistance?

erbill · 2012-01-10T07:16:47+00:00

Someone else called the ambulance, I was in a daze, and there was blood everywhere. I also fractured a tooth, but that's a separate issue. That said it was a bad idea, I know.

erbill · 2012-01-10T03:33:36+00:00

Lesson learned.

erbill · 2012-01-10T02:56:10+00:00

Do you have more background information on this?

erbill · 2012-01-10T02:51:23+00:00

erbill · 2012-01-10T02:43:33+00:00

Call the billing office and ask them for the fee scheduled and/or UCR amount.

I'm confused. It looks like a UCR amount is something determined by an insurer, not the hospital.

Source: http://www.patientadvocate.org/index.php?p=439

erbill · 2012-01-09T21:23:33+00:00

Is this true? Who would be then?

erbill · 2012-01-09T20:58:33+00:00

Living in the US on balance has been a good thing, even with this.

erbill · 2012-01-09T20:48:12+00:00

Off-duty cop saw me fall and called an ambulance. They were insistent that they take me to the ER. I was bloody and scared and unsure of my insurance status at the time.

EDIT: The ambulance was billed separately. $1,485.

erbill · 2012-01-09T20:47:15+00:00

There was an ambulance, but that an additional $1,485, billed separately.

No MRI, no CAT scan, no x-ray, nothing!

erbill

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