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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by im_down_w_otp on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @05:39AM (#45744573)
Never denied eh? Interesting.

I had an MRI denied for a partial pectoral rupture. Which was a routine diagnostic as a precursor to open shoulder surgery to determine the extent and location of the rupture to figure out if surgery was absolutely necessary and to prep a viable surgical plan.

I had to fight the insurance company with the assistance of both my surgical and non-surgical sports medicine doctors.

The good news though appears to be that I imagined the entire thing, because denials for routine things never happen.

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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by terminalshort on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @02:19PM (#45750924)
Gemini states that an ultrasound is just as good for diagnosis as an MRI and is much cheaper. Could it be that the denial was correct and the mistake was from your doctor ordering a less cost effective diagnostic test, not from the insurance company?

And from my personal experience with narcolepsy, AI is a much better doctor than most human doctors.

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