These people are robbing consumers. Like many others on here, my husband had to have his pinky reattached in an emergency. We were not given choice of dr nor were we informed that the dr sent was Out of Network. When the bill came they refused to make any sort of self pay adjustment. I work in medical billing myself for a hospital that does not have contract (everyone is out of network) so I am not a stranger to how out of network claims work. I know that it is costumary to give patients who are paying out of pocket (whether it be because insurance will not pay or lakc of insurance) to give a 30%-70% discount. Even after speaking with a supervisor (very rude one at that) they refused to make any sort of adjustment and sent us to collections.
How these people are allowed it operate is beyond me.