Balance billing
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balance-billing-168-17548948
title:
Balance billing
text:
Balance billing, sometimes called surprise billing, is a medical bill from a healthcare provider billing a patient for the difference between the total cost of services being charged and the amount the insurance pays. It is a pervasive practice in the United States with providers who are out of network, and therefore not subject to the rates or terms of providers who are in-network. Balance billing has a variable prevalence by market and specialty. Advocates of balance billing argue that it incr
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Medical billing practice
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_billing
date created:
2011-12-21T04:53:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T04:14:56Z
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