Hospital charged my insurance for services not provided ...

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Mom2ABoy
Mom2ABoy Member Posts: 170
edited March 2016 in Employment, Insurance, and Other Financial Issues

It's over $500 worth of imaging (mammogram, ultrasound and MRI) that were not actually performed. I don't even recognize the name of the doctor, although supposedly I was referred to them by the doctor that I saw a couple of weeks later for a second-opinion consult. The date of the supposed services, I was not even at the hospital - I didn't actually meet with any doctors there until more than two weeks later. The insurance company paid 100% of the cost, so I'm not out any money, but I still think it's not something I should let go by, because there might have been a mixup and these services were actually performed for someone else. Or my insurance company is being taken for a ride by the hospital. Just wondering if the right thing to do is to contact the hospital, or my insurance company?

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  • muska
    muska Member Posts: 1,195
    edited March 2016

    I would contact the hospital first and request a review of the charges. If you had no appointment on the service date that should be easy

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  • jnKinna
    jnKinna Member Posts: 7
    edited March 2016

    HI! It sounds like a clerical error and no, I would not let the data remain uncorrected. Being on your record, it's not listed in the right person's account. I personally like to refer back to every item and procedure just to know so I would not want someone else's test results in my records.

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  • AmyQ
    AmyQ Member Posts: 2,182
    edited March 2016

    Completely agree, call the hospital and request a copy of the itemized charges, then go from there.


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