Girl’s $143k bill for snakebite treatment reveals antivenin price gouging
Buddy of mine breaks his collarbone, gets some pins put in. They drop him a bill for $25k.<p>He says "I'll give you $1500 now, or you can send me to collections."<p>They took it; now I use this technique all the time.<p>They make up a number which is how much they hope to get out of you, and you should return the favor by make up another number. Then scream at each other on the phone for a few hours before coming to terms.<p>Sad that it's come to this, but medical billing is a shell game. You can play it too.