I finally have something to report! I got a hospital to reduce my bill by $947!!
I paid around $500 last August for my first fertility-related test ($242 to the hospital as my “estimated total cost” and the rest in 2 follow-up bills from the radiologist and something else). At the time, I had a high-deductible plan and had not met the deductible.
Fast forward to February 2017, and I get a bill for an additional $955. The explanation was that they didn’t know I had a deductible.
I asked for a discount, encouraged by the fact that the quoted cash price was $700 and my total would now be close to $1500. It took a few months, but admittedly all I did was call like 4x total and write one letter.
I found out last Friday that they credited me all except $8. Not sure how they came up with that number, but I’ll take it. I paid the $8.
Super pumped!
