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Originally Posted by Fresia
It sounds like the good news was that it is something that was considered elective and not of a nature that warranted immediate removal, which is good news. I would breathe a little easier knowing this in the meantime but a painful way to have found it out for the pocketbook. I'm sorry to hear someone else has gone through it too. Good luck talking to them, hopefully something will work out!!  |
The express purpose of the referral was for the ENT to remove the growth straightaway, rather than the "new patient consult" diagnosis which I was billed for. I was not there for standard ENT healthcare. The G.P. knows as much as, if not more than, an ENT whether it's benign by visual inspection alone, and should have saved me money by indicating so. The ENT would not be able to lend additional information without any biopsy, x-rays or so forth. Since none of this was done, there's a chance it's actually malignant.
A few hundred dollars is not a huge amount of money for anyone employed, I know, I've been there, but for an unemployed person not receiving government benefits, it can cover several months of bill payments while job hunting.
The clinic will not forgive the amount due without a medical claim denial letter from the state agency, and the state agency apparently lost my application which I placed in it's secure inbox, and told me to reapply and to have a nice day.