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Court rules patient owes $766 on hospital's $300,000-plus billing

• https://www.wnd.com by Bob Unruh

Horror stories about surprise billings from medical facilities for various treatments abound. It's why in 2020 Congress adopted the No Surprises Act which took effect this year banning shock billings for emergency and a few non-emergency medical services.

Now one state has a court precedent that involves other procedures too.

It is the Colorado Supreme Court that ruled that a woman who had spinal surgery following a car accident is not liable for an additional $229,000 billing from Centura Health Corporation and Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado, doing business as St. Anthony North Health Campus, because the billing was based on a secret price list the hospital compiled, and used, and refused to disclose even during court proceedings.

The dispute arose when Lisa Melody French went to the health care center for spinal fusion surgery.


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