Yeah, we got a bill from the hospital once with a footnote saying, some of these procedures may have actually been for another patient, not for you, we don't have complete records. But your insurance agreed to pay it, so we recommend you don't worry about it.

How is that not straight up fraud? If you don’t know if a procedure was for me or someone else, you’re lying by billing me!

Insurance and hospitals basically do bulk deals. Insurance is probably paying for the service one way or another, so they don't care much to whom the record is attached. And if you're not out of pocket, doesn't matter much to you either.

I imagine that the charge can be used to raise your rates though?