Was the lab who did the work out of network? If so, you're a victim of back billing - where an in-network sends labs or XRay/CT/etc to a radiologist who is out of network for interpretation and you get billed whatever they feel like billing, even if the doctor who ordered it or performed it is at the same facility.
You probably have little recourse now since you've paid the bill, but I have had luck complaining to the facility who performed the work in question. In most cases, they've reduced the billed amount to near the in-network rate.
Back billing is evil, but that's healthcare in the USA.
You probably have little recourse now since you've paid the bill, but I have had luck complaining to the facility who performed the work in question. In most cases, they've reduced the billed amount to near the in-network rate.
Back billing is evil, but that's healthcare in the USA.
