My second grade daughter was in school about a month ago helping another student with cutting a string. While she was holding the string the other girl accidentally cut her pointer finger which resulted in a 3/8 inch V shaped flap on the top of her finger.
My wife took here to our pediatricians office where she was looked at by an urgent care physician. It was about 2:00pm. She said that she spent about 30 minutes total with a nurse and doctor who cleaned the wound and applied a bandage.
So I recently got the bill and then requested a detailed breakdown of the bill. Allina Hospitals and Clinics in Minnesota charged us $560 dollars for the 30 minute visit.
The detailed breakdown was as follows (the detailed breakdown sucked since it failed to provide much detail):
Procedure / Charge / Insurance Adjustment / Final Cost
Office/Outpt / $146.00 / $19.86 / $126.14
Apply Finger / $104.00 / $58.73 / $45.27
Repair Superf / $310.00 / $39.91 / $270.09
Which results in an out of pocket expense of $441.50 for me to pay.
I find these charges utterly appalling. $441.50 to rinse a finger and apply a bandage.
Do I have any recourse?
Thanks, Tom
My wife took here to our pediatricians office where she was looked at by an urgent care physician. It was about 2:00pm. She said that she spent about 30 minutes total with a nurse and doctor who cleaned the wound and applied a bandage.
So I recently got the bill and then requested a detailed breakdown of the bill. Allina Hospitals and Clinics in Minnesota charged us $560 dollars for the 30 minute visit.
The detailed breakdown was as follows (the detailed breakdown sucked since it failed to provide much detail):
Procedure / Charge / Insurance Adjustment / Final Cost
Office/Outpt / $146.00 / $19.86 / $126.14
Apply Finger / $104.00 / $58.73 / $45.27
Repair Superf / $310.00 / $39.91 / $270.09
Which results in an out of pocket expense of $441.50 for me to pay.
I find these charges utterly appalling. $441.50 to rinse a finger and apply a bandage.
Do I have any recourse?
Thanks, Tom