That might be true, but disingenuous. I would argue that from our conversation it was clear I asked what the overall cost of my visit would be. The hospital personnel of course couldn't know ahead of time the nature of the treatment I would have required, and I don't mind paying for the eye...
Am I completely out of my mind for thinking that since there was a material misrepresentation of the terms of the contract, albeit a verbal one, I should not be held responsible for the additional fees? Could I pay the whole sum and then ask for the extra fees back through a small claims court?
I didn’t know that, that’s why I asked. If they had been transparent about the charges I was about to face I would have gone somewhere else to be treated
I did not have insurance because I couldn't afford it.
And my question was "how much is it going to cost me being visited by a doctor here?". If I need to go through the emergency room in order to be visited by a doctor, then the cost of the emergency room becomes an integral part of the...
So a couple of month ago I caught pink eye and had to be seen by a doctor. I went to Cedars Sinai (Los Angeles), which happened to be close to where I lived, and told the nurses in the reception area of the emergency room that I needed to be seen by a doctor for my eye, that I had no insurance...