r/HospitalBills • u/bvvr19 • Apr 19 '25

Hospital-Emergency No CPT codes on itemized bill

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I went to the emergency room in the beginning of March 2025 and was there for 6 hours got one bag of IV and a nurse took my blood and then I spoke to a doctor once, and then I spoke to a student doctor twice, and then I was given to packs of crackers and two packs of apple juice and another plastic cup of ice water.

I was in discharged the same day.

I requested an itemized bill, and I attached what I received. I don't see any CPT codes and when I look up the numbers next to the listed items... I can't find what the codes are for or what a fair market value of those codes would be in my area. As you can see in the picture they charged me twice for three procedures or whatever the list of things are called. I'm not sure the technical term.

I went to an in-network emergency room in a in network hospital and owe a total of $637.32.

the hospital billing department said there is some new law where you have to prove that you paid 10% of your gross income in the previous year to qualify for financial assistance, and I did not pay that much in medical bills last year so I am trying to negotiate down the bills as much as I can since I can't apply for assistance.

Does anyone know why these codes don't come up on Google? Did the hospital not give me a true itemized bill? Do I need to request another one specifically demanding their cpt codes in the itemized bill? Any help would be super appreciated thank you so much

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u/bvvr19 Apr 19 '25

Okay so then what if these patients who clearly are medically dependent are in layman's terms poor.... What is the hospital going to sue for if the person clearly doesn't have the money to pay it sound like there's anything to take in a lawsuit

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u/IrisFinch Apr 19 '25

Financial assistance often exists for the people who qualify for it, but there is a charity scale they have to follow based on your income percentage to the poverty rate

They will garnish your paycheck and take it whether you have it or not.

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u/bvvr19 Apr 19 '25

I doubt it cuz this might be a super lawyer question, but what if you can like somehow put liens on yourself do any businesses you have or anyone you know and that way the hospital can "get in line" because you owe a bunch of other people money and they get paid first before the hospital and by the time you're done paying those other people there's nothing left to pay the hospital

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u/bvvr19 Apr 19 '25

Do you know of anything with the 10% gross income financial assistance law? I was told that passed in October of 2024 in New York just want to see if it's a real thing or the hospitals just trying to b******* me

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u/IrisFinch Apr 19 '25

I don’t know anything about that, I live in Nebraska

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u/bvvr19 Apr 19 '25

We'll never mind my bad