Can you sue a hospital for INFLATED Emergency Room charges?

I had my finger cut and thought I would need stiches. They charged $590 Iodine, $357 for a procedure that was not explained and $500 for glue...NOT STICHES.
I would say getting health insurance would be more a more pressing issue.
Blame lawsuits like the one you propose.


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I would try to challenge the charges with the threat of a lawyer. If you didn't get what was charged, you may have a leg to stand on.

Best of luck.
Don't bother. they have been getting away with this type of crap for years and by the time you make it through litigation if it even got that far, the lawyers would make more than you would from the outcome if it went your way.
I know how you feel though. I took my 3 year old to the E.R. We were there for 4 hours, no xrays, no stitches. All he got was a dose of Motrin and Benadryl to counteract his unexplained high fever with rash and a prescription for antibiotics- cost $1,169.00. Talk about robbery without violence. For those people who have to get insurance on their own, to get it at an affordable rate, you have to have a high deductible. That is what happened to me. So you still end up paying through the nose for services before the insurance even kicks in. Now I can't even afford that. So you hope and pray you don't get sick
Many hospitals have a financial services department that has the power to adjust your bill if you make arrangements to pay.

Most medical bills are inflated because the doctor or hospital knows that the insurance companies will pay only a small percentage of the charges anyhow. Unfortunately, they are not allowed to have special separate rates for people without insurance. This is why you need to try to negotiate an adjustment with the hospital billing department.

When you call, don't throw a fit about how outrageous the charges are - the people working there are far more likely to help if you are polite and simply explain that you have no insurance and little money. If you don't get any help from the first person, ask if it is possible for you to speak with a supervisor.

Good luck, and I hope that you are healing well.
You can sue but it will cost more money than just paying the bill. You can blame the high cost on people who skip out on paying for anything.
Yes. Or you can ask for the hospital or an independent firm for an audit.
something like that would not be worth it. By the time you paid lawyer and legal fees you'd probably owe more then you did in the 1st place. Glue is uses a lot of times to avoid scars from the stitches.. An much less painfull
A lawsuit probably will not be helpful. However, you can call the billing department and talk to them about reducing the charges. They sometimes will if you can establish need and are actually willing and able to pay the reduced charges.
No.

There are far too many sue-happy, money grubbing idiots like yourself out there as it is. Too many pending lawsuits over petty nonsense and unproven accusations. People need to learn to be responsible for themselves, not run to the nearest lawyer for every accident or error in judgment.