Hello, Koko2. You might go back to the for-profit medical clinic and ask to see the patient representative or ombudsman to file a complaint. First off, the specialist did not spend hardly any time with you. Secondly, the first question the specialist should have asked is if you had insurance, especially since the referral came from a federally-funded low-income medical clinic. The specialist knew he/she would not do the procedure for free. He/she should have asked about insurance first to save you a bill.

File a complaint and see if you can at least get the fee reduced if not entirely forgiven. In my opinion, what the specialist did amounts to a scam.