Whew. Well, the insurance and the physician's network are reviewing the costs. The insurance says the physicians were out-of-network, but will be re-reviewed for an in-network rate because it was emergency care. The physician's network says that they are in-network. Either way...my fingers are crossed.

I think the physicians were people who were consulted prior to surgery (to decide to call in my surgeon) and after surgery (since my surgeon only works on emergency trauma cases and isn't regularly at the hospital). Just a guess though.

And wow - thanks for the article - my "itemized" bill from the hospital has a "pharmacy/supplies" (yes, that's as itemized as it got) cost of over $72,000 (!!!!). I guess the insurance wasn't too particular and just paid all of that, but it is really and truly insane. I should've gotten to keep the hospital bed for that price