I’ve posted a few times in this subreddit within the past couple of weeks regarding the multiple bills I’ve received for an immediate care visit for a UTI.
I got another bill in the mail yesterday from the physician for $559. The bill says it is for a “45 to 60 minute” visit. I was like wtf?! All I did was go in and pee in a cup. How the hell would that ever take an HOUR? I was in the exam room for maybe ten minutes. As oon as the nurse brought me to my room I peed in a cup, handed off to the nurse through that little stainless steel window, and waited. That was it, no vitals were taken, nothing done. I had already filled out all of my information, symptoms, allergies, history, etc online. The doctor came in, said the dip test was positive for a uti, asked if I had reoccurring infections, I said only every couple of years, she prescribed me antibiotics and left. This transaction was probably less than two minutes long. The nurse came in again, took down my RX pickup location and walked me back to the front. That’s it. Like literally not complex, run of the mill uti, nothing was done, and most of my time was spent waiting per usual.
I called to dispute the bill today and I was told that the time is charged based on when I check in until I leave. She straight up told me I was “being charged to sit in the waiting room”. Like what the hell?! Why am I being charged for fucking waiting?! Is this accurate, can they seriously do that? And if they can and this is totally legal, why is everyone in this country okay with that?! Why are there not riots! Like this is INSANE. This is genuinely the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard!!!!
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