[petelevinea]

Exact same thing happened to me. I went last April and just now got it all "fixed". I ended up negotiating with the hospital, the contracting company for the hospital's ER department, and my insurance on the phone at the same time to reduce the cost to what the contracting company's ER doctor on staff would normally bill the insurance company and paid that out of pocket.

I guess you have to ask if the doctor who may or may not see you depending on what you're in for also takes your insurance? I don't even know.