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Capital Health Mercer/Hopewell Moms?
I just got the bill for my NT scan, and capital health charged my insurance co 6k for it! Does this sound accurate?? I have to pay 20% so I am a bit caught off guard by this.. especially since 2 pregnant friends just had theirs done and their hospitals billed WAY less.
I plan to call in the morning to flip *** .. but I also was just curious if anyone else has had their NT scans done at this hospital and what they were billed?
Re: Capital Health Mercer/Hopewell Moms?
Do you know if your friend was able to get them to do anything about it? It's all very frustrating. I am also insanely concerned about how much they plan to charge for L&D now!
What is your plan's annual out of pocket maximum? You may reach it with this charge, which would mean that you'd be off the hook for the delivery.
I'll also share my experience with Capital Health after my delivery. I had a small amount due from my delivery, and I got the bill in the mail for something like $800. A week later (mind you, this was still a while before the bill was due), they called me saying it was a "courtesy call," which to me usually means you're late. I got all defensive, lol. Anyway, the woman said, if you pay within the next 10 days (or two weeks, I can't remember exactly), you can knock 50% off your bill. So, pay early, and save half. I was thrilled. Apparently people often don't pay medical bills, and so they have to write off huge unpaid debts, so getting half from me early was good in their eyes.
Once the dust settles, I'd call back and ask if they can do anything about the charge.
I had the EXACT same thing happen with them after Toby was born. We were making payments on the bill (which also included NICU payments and was still hefty after insurance covered some of it), and about a month into it, they called out of the blue one day and said, if we could pay 50% of the bill, they would mark it paid in full and we'd be all square. So, we did, and that's that.
My OOP max is 4k, which after this bill and my 1k deductible that I already met just in the cystic fibrosis screening alone.. I am more than halfway there. I suppose that's the 'bright side' in this - although I definitely still feel blindsided by all of this.
A friend of mine who delivered at Capital Health also mentioned 50% off L&D if you pay early. Too funny. I will certainly be asking for that when the time comes!
I am also calling my doctor (Lawrence OBGYN) to see if they have other places I can go for my 20 week u/s, since Capital Health clearly overcharges for their radiology services.
I use the same docs (actually the midwives there), and I had all my u/s right at their office. Is that not an option for you?
good luck w/ all this.
I was going to say the same thing. I got to Lawrence OB/GYN, too, and all of my u/s were there in the office.
!?!??? They told me they don't do ultrasounds in the office. I go to Yardley.. Let me guess, I could have gone to Lawrenceville and not dealt with all of this headache? I love that no one offered this to me and I am just realizing this now.
Yes, they do them in Lawrenceville. Yikes, what a mess.
Do you see the doctors or midwives? I'm not going to go on a rant or anything, but let me just say that I love the midwives. They spend time with you, answer questions, and just generally really come across as caring. While I never had a bad experience with the docs there - they were nothing but professional, caring, etc., I just never got the same level of care from them as I do the midwives.
(Now, watch, you're seeing the MW, and they're the ones responsible for this mess. Lol. It was just a guess, so forgive me if I'm wrong.)
I actually am seeing the midwives, hah. But they probably assume most people in Yardley don't want to go to Lawrenceville? At least, that's what I would like to assume so I don't get myself upset with them.
So far I've met Kaitlin who I love, and LeAnn who I was NOT a fan of.. and next up is Christy who I hear is awesome as well.
My wife was "seen" for an injury (broken bone) in the new hospital ER. Long wait, only seen by a PA (physician's assistant.) Started to wrap & put temp cast on without even cleaning the broken skin. Luckily, we suggested rather strongly that be done, since broken skin infections can complicate nearby broken bones. Not sure if an MD would have missed that, but they were not to be found.
Overall, service was OK - marginally but more like a doc-in-a-box clinic. Worse - we then get bills citing services that were NOT provided. Pharmacy charge for pain pill (that was then retracted - e.g. not given.) They then deleted the $3 pill on the bill. But the pharmacy service charges were "left in" totaling $150!
The saline gotten to "clean" the broken skin was $15, but someone then added in another saline for an IV totaling $62. BUT NO IV WAS EVER DONE! So overbilling for services not provided is on the order of $2-300. Anyone else seeing this evidence like oodsie suggests, of covering the new building costs faster? Or is this just normal for healthcare in the USA?