What to do if a hospital keeps sending a bill for a visit that my doctor said she would not charge me for because I didn’t have insurance at the time?

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What to do if a hospital keeps sending a bill for a visit that my doctor said she would not charge me for because I didn’t have insurance at the time?

A year and half ago my doctor emailed me to cancel my appt because her son was in an accident. I said that I can’t re-schedule for the following month because my insurance expires this month and the doctor said she will not charge for the visit. Well the doctor tried not entering charges and explaining that she did not want to charge for the visit but the hospital administrator insisted that she enter it and that I be billed. I called the hospital billing and they said the doctor had no right to tell me the visit was free. However she did. So isn’t this their problem and they should eat the cost?

Asked on August 22, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Massachusetts

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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

From what you have written about and assuming you have written documentation that your doctor stated that the hospital visit that you are being charged for was a "no charge" then you need to have a face to face meeting with the hospital's accounts receivables department and have the charge debited from your account as agreed to. I would also follow up with a confirming e mail to the doctor who advised you that the visit would be "no charged".


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