Presence Saint is criminal… they billed my insurance over $5,600 for an er visit plus an additional $1,100 for the physician to interpret results of my ekg. I have high deductible insurance and understand that I need to meet that deductible…but the charges to my insurance provider (UHC) seem astronomical for the services i received. I had some chest pain, physician basically said “no big deal” and now big bill

Does this make sense at all? Any guidance on steps to get these charges reduced?

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$5,600 for an ER visit where you reported with chest pains doesn’t seem that unreasonable, depending on the tests that were done. Did they do anything beyond the EKG? They probably did a blood panel, chest X-ray, did they do a CT? Echo?

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Publicly funded is something that needs to be very seriously considered. The government can afford it without increasing taxes, it is possible if they allocate certain amount for the services offered(which accounts for profits and innovations). The government can standardize price, removes the lack of clarity on pricing and keeps everyone in the chain satisfied.

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Ask for itemized invoice. That drops it by some pretty quickly

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OP was the 5600 before your insurance company discount was applied? ER bills are going to be astronomical by default, especially in the city. But I would have expected this to be around 2-3k (total paid out of pocket in high deductible) not 6k. I basically had the same problem and went to NW (which i imagine is going to be more expensive) earlier this year. Had an Ekg, blood work, and chest x-ray and paid around 3k.

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Why does it matter to you what’s billed to the insurance company? Have you seen health insurance companies quarterly profits? They vastly dwarf even the best running hospitals in the US. I think your anger is misplaced…

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