r/HospitalBills • u/Forward-Worker-9029 • Apr 16 '25

Hospital-Non Emergency Ripped off at walk in ER

Went in after I got rear ended to get checked out. They saw me right away (they were empty) and did an xray. Doc came in and said “well nothing is broken so you can go”. Very dismissive as a side note. Prescribed ibuprofen and sent me walking. The whole ordeal was maybe 45 min with alot of alone time. BILL $24,100. Of course this was all run through my State Farm insurance of which I was told I had 10k in PIP. They paid the er the full 10k and now I’m on the hook for the rest of my mri’s and Chiro treatment that was supposed to be covered. Is this normal????? 24k for a 45 min stupid visit?? What do I do.

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u/SandyHillstone Apr 16 '25

Sounds like you went to a stand alone ER, not a hospital affiliated ER. Those are always terrible and a ripoff.

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u/Forward-Worker-9029 Apr 16 '25

It is hospital affiliated. I put a pic in the thread

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u/SandyHillstone Apr 16 '25

Ok, I thought maybe this was the reason. There is one of these by my daughter's university and every year the parent's FB page warns about the predatory billing practices.

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u/DoritosDewItRight Apr 16 '25

OP if this is hospital affiliated they are required to have a financial assistance policy. Ask them for a charity care application.

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u/Forward-Worker-9029 Apr 16 '25

Ok. But my lawyer already doled out the 10k from my pip. :((