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@Kai okay thank you!
Call about the itemized receipt. Also, see if the current insurance is retroactive and if it can cover the cost, or part of it? If not, just negotiate with them. For example. Just call saying you’re ready to pay but you have $300 and if they can settle for that much. I’ve heard when dealing with hospitals directly, this works well
Did they bill medicaid and didn’t know her updated insurance info so it was rejected and they need his insurance info? Or did they not have the proper insurance info at all? Or is $500 his deductible or copay? It should say or you can call and ask. If it’s his deductible then you owe it, but tbh we have never paid one before, can’t afford to pay ridiculous deductible amounts and they can’t collect unless it’s a physicians bill so it has no impact 🤷🏼♀️.
If patient Still has Medicaid through one parent and Insurance through the other parent, Medicaid falls as secondary insurance. Most of the times if the primary doesn’t cover the costs Medicaid won’t either. Technically you’re are the responsible party of the bill since you are the mother. But if you are not legally married with the baby’s dad you can apply for financial charity based on your income and they might discount some off or covered it fully. But you must show proof of income etc.
I will usually call because one time it said that we owed around 3 hundred for a blood work and after l called the next day disappeared the bill.
So if she has been under the insurance place since January she is covered under her father insurance call the hospital ask to see what insurance is listed if they do not have an insurance listed you can update it and submit the claim to your insurance the bull should come down. If it doesn't come down you can request a hardship based off your income but its a process. So start with insurance claim submission and see what they will cover and won't and if they don't then there is a program from the hospital request for financial aide program all va hospitals have this program
call and ask for an itemized receipts; also it’s going to be based off of ur daughter was on an insurance plan during the date of service. I would talk to medicaid