Innocent New York man billed $4,600 for police rectal probe
&gt; <i>He refused to pay, and the matter was ultimately dropped.</i><p>A description of the ultimate disposition is what&#x27;s missing from most of these &quot;huge bill&quot; stories. I&#x27;m glad to see it was stated here that he straight up refused to pay, as he should have. And really this should be standard advice repeated in all of these healthcare-cost articles, perhaps along side references to form letters people can send to repudiate fraudulent charges. Barring an actual contract to render services, a hospital&#x27;s position is the same as a busker playing an instrument at a subway stop!<p>But what really needs to start happening is for these hospitals to start being prosecuted for (attempted) fraud. You shouldn&#x27;t be able to send fake bills to people in bad faith, and when you&#x27;re called out just back off and have everything be fine.