I had an optional medical procedure preformed. In trying to decide whether or not to have it done, I asked my Doctors office how much it would cost. They gave me a billing code and told me to call the hospital and ask them (doctor and hospital are the same company). I was told $1k. This was a big factor in my decision to have the procedure. The issue here is that the billing code that I was given only accounts for a fraction of the total procedure cost.
I’ve had the procedure and the bill is $10k. The company is claiming that they have no record of an estimate so there is nothing that they can do. Do I have any recourse? I did my best to get an accurate estimate of services and I was severely misled.
Also, healthcarebluebook.com lists the “fair price” of the procedure as $2k and the highest price as $6k. There was nothing out of the ordinary about my procedure to increase the expected cost (hospital agreed to this statement). Is this site accurate?
Should I take this to my local news? Lawyer? Or is it just a misunderstanding that will cost me a small fortune?
Edit: clarification
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