<prompt> Human: My wife and I just had our second kid and all the bills are rolling in. We received a bill from the lab, showing that our insurance paid 1800 of, but the total was 2800, so we owe 1000.We specifically told the doc office, at the beginning of our visits, that we did not want to do any optional testing for down-syndrome or cystic fibrosis screening because it wouldnt change our mind about having the baby. But they never asked us to put anything in writing.I called the docs office today, explained the situation, they said the best they could do is try to negotiate the cost with the lab and that well probably still owe something. The nurse that I spoke with admitted that they knew we didnt want the test, and couldnt explain why the test was run. The pregnancy was totally normal, so they had no medical reason to do the test without our consent, and again its an optional test.On top of submitting the test without our consent, no one informed us that it was being run, and no one said that it was an expensive test. I get that they dont know exact costs, but these guys deal with the lab on a daily basis, and they should have a ballpark costand they should have told us about that cost before running the optional test, even if we did consent.Is there anything we can do to get out of this bill completely? Or is this just another fun loophole of the US health care system?Edit: Thanks so much everyone for all the insight, sorry for not replying to everyone individually, I passed out last night after my shift with our newborn. Ill be calling my insurance today and see what they can do. I really appreciate this community and the kindness of internet strangers, I was feeling pretty frustrated and powerless yesterday.Edit 2: The test, for what its worth, is fetal chromosomal aneuploidyEdit 3: Called the insurance company, they said they could only look into it if I submitted it as a fraud claim. Submitted a fraud claim, even though I feel like a dick about doing it, but there really is no reason that they should have run that test, and obviously no reason for us to pay it. Will update with what my insurance says, likely Monday according to the rep.Edit 4: Called to follow up with the fraud dept, the person I talked to on Friday apparently was full of it, itll take 30 days to research the claim. Will update in a month.Will update this thread with what happens, so that if some other unlucky stranger runs into the same problem, they might have some direction.  <response>: If this is the Harmony test, it is pretty well known to cost around 3k if insurance doesnt cover it. Also, they definitely should have asked you since it is also pretty well known that a lot of insurance will only cover partially at most if it isnt a medical necessity. 