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

Can you negotiate payment plans? Something ridiculous like "I'll pay 50% interest over 100 years"?

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u/Over-Yard-7069 Apr 19 '25

No. You could propose something like $100/month. But, they’re not going to do anything like what you want.

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u/bvvr19 Apr 19 '25

So what happens in the scenarios where the bills like a million dollars and the payment is "only" $1,000 a month... They just expect people to pay that much?

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u/Over-Yard-7069 Apr 19 '25

Insurance has out of pocket maximums. For example, mine for my entire family is $7,000. Once you pay $7,000, that’s it.

So, unless uninsured, that’s not happening. If you were uninsured, there would be other options.