My ER Doctor Is Billing Me For What Insurance Didn't Pay, What Can I Do? - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /insurance/andrews-q-and-a-balance-billing-in-er/ ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News produces in-depth journalism on health issues and is a core operating program of KFF. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:38:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=32 My ER Doctor Is Billing Me For What Insurance Didn't Pay, What Can I Do? - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /insurance/andrews-q-and-a-balance-billing-in-er/ 32 32 161476233 My ER Doctor Is Billing Me For What Insurance Didn’t Pay, What Can I Do? /insurance/andrews-q-and-a-balance-billing-in-er/ /insurance/andrews-q-and-a-balance-billing-in-er/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:14:04 +0000 http://khn.wp.alley.ws/news/andrews-q-and-a-balance-billing-in-er/ KHN’s “Insuring Your Health” consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question about what to do when you’re billed by an out-of-network doctor for an in-network hospital visit – a practice known as balance billing. She says negotiating is a good way to address the problem. 

See Andrews answer your other health care questions.

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