An uninsured Colorado man who had appendicitis owed $80,232 after two surgeries. After months of negotiating with the hospital, he still owes far more than most insurers would pay for the procedures.
, director of minimally invasive surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, says the complication Harness experienced is not common. The complication rate for an appendectomy is fairly low, she says.
By May, the hospital gave in. Lesley Fagerberg, Heart of the Rockies' vice president of financial services, wrote a response to Harness' grievance, reducing the total bill by roughly the amount charged for the second surgery. But she didn't explain how the hospital had come to that decision. Now, Harness is working out a payment plan with the hospital. The hospital offers an interest-free payment plan if he can pay it off in two years, but for Harness, those monthly payments would be more than his rent.
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