http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/hospitalbilling Questions tagged with 'hospitalbilling' at Ask MetaFilter. Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:37:10 -0800 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:37:10 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/32116/the%2Dmost%2Dexpensive%2Dburrito%2Dever Can I successfully dispute an exorbitant hospital bill? A few months ago, I was visiting a friend in northern california. We went out to a restaurant and I got an absolutely horrific case of food poisoning: I was becoming so dehydrated so quickly that I became practically delirious. I really felt like I was going to die. My friend rushed me to the emergency room, where I (sorry, this is gross) immediately puked like two liters of liquid onto the floor. They treated me with a lot of intravenous fluid and gave me some morphine (which I asked for) at one point because I was so uncomfortable, and released me after about three hours. I didn't have any insurance at the time, and now they want 3700 dollars. Is this a reasonable amount to pay? How can I dispute that amount, and should I? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.32116 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:37:10 -0800 billing hospital hospitalbilling clockzero