Listen: Got A Sky-High Bill? Don’t Write The Check.

Elizabeth Moreno was billed $17,850 for a urine test in January 2016. After Moreno’s insurer declined to pay any of the bill because the lab was out-of-network, her father, Dr. Paul Davis, paid the lab $5,000 to settle the bill. (Julia Robinson for KHN)

Have you gotten a medical bill that sounds way too expensive or is just downright confusing? Elisabeth Rosenthal, the editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News, says don’t be intimidated — and don’t just pay that bill. Call, discuss and negotiate, instead.

And if you are up for it, share your bill and your experience with KHN and NPR. On Friday, Rosenthal and NPR Morning Edition Host Steve Inskeep discussed the launch of “Bill Of The Month,” a crowdsourced investigation.

Listen below.


This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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