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"Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay": Blue Cross Approved Surgeries Then Refused to Pay

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171 points ceejayoz | 2 comments | 4/12/2025, 2:25:00 PM | HN request time: 1.545s | source
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m_ke ◴[4/12/2025, 3:29:00 PM] No.43665225[source]▶

Wow great timing, I just got a $22,000 bill 2 hours ago for a surgery that UHC approved 2 months ago (in a written letter from them) because they refused to pay.

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1. bslalwn ◴[4/12/2025, 3:46:00 PM] No.43665388[source]▶

What are your options? I suppose you are liable to pay for the surgery fully and then you have to sue your insurer to try and get the money back?

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2. m_ke ◴[4/12/2025, 3:53:00 PM] No.43665449[source]▶

I have no idea, I tried calling the number on the bill but it gave me a dialer with 8 options of "if you're calling about a bill from X which is now part of Y, please dial N". When I selected 8, which was "all other" I got a canned message telling me to call between 9-5 on a week day.

I'm definitely not paying it