David1961
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I recently had a procedure and spent some time at the hospital. I won't go into the medical details, except to say everything went well.
I was a little surprised to get the bill from the hospital. My insurance payed most of it, but not as much as they had the last time I was hospitalized. In fact, not even close. Fortunately, I can easily afford to pay it but was wondering if it is out of line to ask if they can give a discount if I pay the entire balance. Normally, I don't like to haggle over things like this, but even a 5% discount would be a fair amount of money. Has anyone had any experiences with this? Or if anyone has worked in this field can say how common it is to give a discount for someone who pays in full. I'm not trying to nickel and dime this, but for someone who LBYM, this is a little more than nickels and dimes.
I was a little surprised to get the bill from the hospital. My insurance payed most of it, but not as much as they had the last time I was hospitalized. In fact, not even close. Fortunately, I can easily afford to pay it but was wondering if it is out of line to ask if they can give a discount if I pay the entire balance. Normally, I don't like to haggle over things like this, but even a 5% discount would be a fair amount of money. Has anyone had any experiences with this? Or if anyone has worked in this field can say how common it is to give a discount for someone who pays in full. I'm not trying to nickel and dime this, but for someone who LBYM, this is a little more than nickels and dimes.