The Surprise Hospital Fee You May Get Just for Seeing a Doctor
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:51 pm
Yahoo News - 6/13/2019 - Donna Rosato - Consumer Reports - When Dan Sokol saw an orthopedist for shoulder pain in January 2018, he got an X-ray and then a cortisone shot to treat what the doctor said was bursitis. It all took less than 30 minutes at the doctor’s office, and his shoulder pain went away. So a few weeks later when Sokol, a 61-year-old bank credit officer who lives in Los Angeles, got a bill with more than $3,000 in charges from Cedars Sinai Medical Center, a hospital near his doctor's office, he was sure there was a mistake. Read more @ https://news.yahoo.com/surprise-hospita ... 44051.html