On a 13,000 dollar debt at a hospital, what is the minimum that has to be paid per month to keep it from collections in state of Georgia?
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Call the billing department of the hospital. Many times you can negotiate it down considerably and stretch out the payment.
Hi,
I agree it would be a good idea to call the hospital billing office and set up payment if you can. Many of us cannot afford to pay off huge medical bills before they go to collections.
At that point I would dispute the amounts that are in collections because they may have been over-billed.
This means that you need to dispute the bill in writing, when you get a notice that a bill will go into collections. This will stop the process until the bills can be proved to be correct.
I hope this helps!
Blessings,
Robyn
I was not able to find the minimum that needs to be paid...so I would think the hospital would be able to tell you that.
Having worked in healthcare for many years, I know the following:
Talk to the hospital billing departement and if they are not responsilve, the social worker deparment at the facility and ask for information on 2 things...a payment plan and how much of the costs can be paid through a free care or charity fun.
As far as I know every facility should have both options available to you and it (the free care part) is most likely defined by your income so they often want to see a copy of your taxes.
Also, if you have a health insurance plan, be sure that insurance has paid correctly and that you are not being charged for things that should have been covered by insurance--I go over health insurance bills with a fine tooth comb to make sure every dollar is paid correctly and that you are paying the correct after coverage amount.
Lastly, if you do have insurance, but it did NOT cover items, ask if the facility will allow you to pay something called the reasonable and customary amount--which is the amount they would have got IF it was covered by insurance, which is a lot less than the price they charge.
Post back how it goes! Prayers and healing wishes!
always call the biller. they are sending you the bill and can tell you what you need to know. you can also ask if there is anyway of reducing your total bill amount.
Hospital bills can be overwhelming but hospitals had rather have money paid to them directly as collection agencies keep a large portion of what you pay on your bill.
Definitely contact the hospital but they may send you to collections anyway.
I went to the hospital (Kaiser) to pay off one of my bills, only a couple of hundred dollars. There was no record of the debt in the system so I guessed that I had gotten confused and had already paid it off. Nope! They sent it to collections and washed their hands of the whole thing.
I got a call the next day and figured out what happened. I paid it immediately with no penalty but it was still disappointing. I think so many people can't afford their medical bills that it's just a cost of doing business for them.
Good luck and let us know what you find out.
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