A couple months ago I had my gall bladder removed and about 2 weeks ago we finally got the bills. We got bills from the hospital, the surgeon and the anesthesiologist and they added up to about $3,000.
On the advise of a friend we called each and said that we could pay about 65% all in a lump sum but that would be about it or we could make dinky little payments on a monthly basis and pay off the whole bill.
I thought this was a waste of time but we had told our friend we would try it.
All 3 called accepted less money just to close the bill! The hospital even went so far as to tell us that they were running a special where if you paid your bill off you got a 25% discount. Overall we saved about $900.
I would never have dreamed something like that would work. Anyone else have anything similar happen? Am I just the last person in the USA to find out you can negotiate your medical bills?
On the advise of a friend we called each and said that we could pay about 65% all in a lump sum but that would be about it or we could make dinky little payments on a monthly basis and pay off the whole bill.
I thought this was a waste of time but we had told our friend we would try it.
All 3 called accepted less money just to close the bill! The hospital even went so far as to tell us that they were running a special where if you paid your bill off you got a 25% discount. Overall we saved about $900.
I would never have dreamed something like that would work. Anyone else have anything similar happen? Am I just the last person in the USA to find out you can negotiate your medical bills?
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