$44 Million Hospital Bill

battries not included

A Bronx man says he nearly had an asthma attack after opening his mail to find a $44 million medical bill from a local hospital.
Unemployed doorman Alexis Rodriguez, 28, received the astronomical bill after receiving successful treatment for pneumonia at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital last week, The New York Daily News reports.
"I almost had an asthma attack," said Rodriguez, who apparently is not the only patient to receive an outsized bill. The firm responsible for the botched billing, PHY Services, was reportedly inundated with complaints and has since apologized.
"If you are calling with respect the billing statement for services provided at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, please disregard the statement," said a recording for concerned callers, "you will be receiving a new statement shortly."
PHY is blaming the mistake on a "system error" that resulted in the bill's invoice number being mistakenly placed in the "amount due" field.
As for Rodriguez, he owes no more than $300 for outpatient services.


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El Weirdo

battries not included wrote: »

...Bronx-Lebanon Hospital...

That must be a fucking big hospital.

Ronin247

Person who made that mistake should be promoted to The European Court Of Auditors

RachaelVO

That company needs a job doing Greeces books... make them inflated so they can join a big club

Sh1t, they're Goldman Sachs!

antodeco

"unemployed doorman". So he's basically just a man.

frozenfrozen

How could he possibly have taken that seriously? Even if it was a real bill for $44 million, it's not like he would ever be able to pay it so why even panic?

OneArt

With the state of American healthcare the way it is, $44m isn't unbelievable.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

frozenfrozen wrote: »

How could he possibly have taken that seriously? Even if it was a real bill for $44 million, it's not like he would ever be able to pay it so why even panic?

Why did it take you nearly 2 years to figure this out for yourself?

Stinicker

He should sue for distress causing the near asthma attack, knowing America he'd win too.