I’ve seen a little bit of action on the billing front this week.
- When I posted my last update, I had just emailed my second insurance information to Berkeley Emergency Medical Group and Bay Imaging Consultants. The next morning, I received an email from Bay Imaging Consultants informing me that they had billed the second insurance. I have still heard nothing from Berkeley Emergency Medical Group.
- I received a bill from Alta Bates Summit Medical Center for my treatment. The total amount was $1,944.10, but insurance adjustments decreased that by $505.45 and insurance payments knocked off an additional $1,413.65, leaving me to pay only $25. I plan on paying this amount by credit card in a few weeks so that it will go on my August statement rather than July. I have the money in my account, but I might as well earn interest on it for another month.I also requested an itemized bill from Alta Bates by phone, and this arrived on Friday. I haven’t found it very helpful, though. It does have a charge of $16.72 for “ORAL/IBUPROFEN 600MG T”, which I’m not sure I received. It’s possible that it’s something they had me take some in the hospital (but sixteen dollars worth?), but I definitely didn’t take a bottle home with me. The doctor actually gave me a prescription for ibuprofen, but the pharmacist told me to just buy it over the counter. I don’t plan on looking into this because I don’t think it would affect the amount I pay after insurance.
Incidentally, neither the original bill nor the itemized bill tells me which insurance paid, but I think it’s my father’s insurance because I did tell Alta Bates that his insurance was primary.
Shock and Jaw 
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