In fact it often confuses matters more. Remicade infusion at a Kaiser facility. The insurer figured her total responsibility for all of this at $1,999, noting that “medical service” and recovery room were part of the facility fee charge. Co-insurance of 10 percent. Notice too that it’s impossible to determine what the insurer paid for any test. The community member told us: “I received a cost estimate from Kaiser of $1,200 for the total cost of the procedure prior to the procedure. Also, the man who input this bill into our database was certain that his insurance company had paid upwards of $10,000 for the echocardiogram in the second screenshot, too. See footnote 066. Can sustainable forest management save us from climate change? Again, she had no way of telling what they actually paid, but thought it was the $9,414.14. They billed the procedure at $16,047.10.” The bill from Kaiser is not illuminating: $9,414.14 is a combination of “Paid by Insurance/Adjustments/Discount” — leaving the patient responsible for $6,632.96. That is all. The insurance company’s “explanation of benefits” explains nothing. Always read the notes. Read the notes, and compare carefully. So the $1,722.40 was a markup from Kaiser that was then marked down by Kaiser, leaving the actual cost, $365, paid by the patient. This one is for an echocardiogram with Doppler, at an in-network provider. A $2,130.90 bill. I was never told what the machine would cost ahead of time. A discount off a fancifully high sticker price does not necessarily mean you saved money. MRI at Sloan-Kettering. Fairly clear. Same patient, same procedure, preceding year: Only one. And in the final entry, the total billed, minus contractual discount, should be the total allowed. The bill conflates payment and adjustment, assigning them a total of $2,862.62, with patient responsibility of $2,418.38. By law, the applicant may not give preferential treatment to one creditor over another. Crazy emergency room bill. The number don’t look like they make sense. The period from the date of deciding to sequestrate to the advocate appearing in court on behalf of the applicant is usually about seven weeks. government Voormeij and G.J. People just don’t see — or don’t correctly decipher — the fact that the Payment column is empty while the Adjustment column has a number in it. CPAP machine. The process entails the surrendering of the natural person’s estate, whereby the person applies to court to be declared insolvent. So the payments and adjustments (discounts, or whatever you want to call them) on this colonoscopy totaled $14,586.41. The last entry, where the discount exceeds the charge, is a puzzler. May be naturally occurring or iatrogenic. ”, Emergency room visit for kidney stones. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Tel 2: 087 057 4270 And more zeroes. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. This was for treatment of an ectopic pregnancy. Laryngoscopy and endoscopy charges were accompanied by a bill for $655 for a “new patient visit,” which as written down to $324.14.