Insurance

I almost had a coronary when I receive an $8000 bill for DH's ICSI that I did not EXPECT.

Thank gosh my mom did medical billing. I called her and I explained what the bill said, and that the claim was declined, blah, blah, blah.... out of her beautiful mouth comes, "Did you get an authorization number before the procedure wasdone?" I practically screamed "YES" in her poor ear. Crisis averted..... they authorized, now they need to fix their billing.

To think I almost took the day off to handle what I thought would be long phone calls to rectify it. And you know, do I really need to see such a scary bill when I just had IVF #1 fail? Really?

Message edited 10/28/2009 9:46:44 PM.

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Ugh! None of us should be going through the stress of insurance companies, bills, etc, while we are dealing with the emotional stress of IF.

I am sorry you had to go through that stress...again! But, I am glad it all worked out quickly!

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ugh i HATE insurance companies! i am sorry you had to deal with that - they make me NUTS!

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Just to clarify...was that $8000 for IVF w/ ICSI. ICSI should be $2,500 max for OOP.

Glad it was a billing error. You really have to fight with Insurance and most ppl you get on the phone don't know a thing about IF insurance.

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