I posted earlier about my husbands motorcycle accident. I just got the benefit determination from our insurance company, blue cross. The ambulance company charged $16,000 dollars for an ambulance and helicopter transport. Our insuraqnce company paid their "max benefit" of about 6,000 dollars. Leaving us with a $10,000 bill. My response is , what the hell???? My gallbladder surgery was 16,000 dollars. How are suppost to pay this? Is it legal to charge so much or an insurance company to pay out so little? I guess I'm going to have to pay an attorney to negotiate with the ambulance company because I refuse to pay $10,000. I thought it was the insurance companies responsibility to negotiate the charges. I really am at a loss here.
About Me
- The long, long road home,New Orleans
- Fort Hood, texas, United States
- I am a New Orleans girl, born and raised (N.Dupre St, Painters St and finally Neptune Ct in the East). I married and found myself in a strange new world...Florida! That lasted two years before I demanded we go home. In August 04 my husband decided to join the Army much to my chagrin. I agreed figuring four years then we head back home. Alas, Katrina came along. I felt guilty that my family and friends lives had been turned upside down while my life in Texas was business as usual. Now its two years later and my husband is getting out of the military. Now I find I too have been affected by Katrina. I am essentially priced out of my own city and damn mad about it. So I decided to start this blog as a place to vent my frustration. Feel free to read and leave your own thoughts.
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Is there not a clause on the explanation of benefits you got when the insurance was filed. We always get those saying the provider has agreed to accept the $6000 as payment...
I hope that is the case for you, too.
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