<prompt> Human: A couple months ago, I had some testing done for some serious abdominal pain I was experiencing. My general physician ordered some ultrasounds and I had to go to an outside lab facility SimonMed Imaging to have the tests done. I was supposed to get a pelvic ultrasound lower abdomen and an abdominal ultrasound upper abdomen - these are both exterior ultrasounds, with the jelly and the little roller ball thing like when youre pregnant. The imaging place did not read the orders correctly and instead of a pelvic ultrasound, gave me a transvaginal ultrasound which is an interior procedure, and supremely uncomfortable - not to mention, pretty invasive - not something you want to do unless you have to do it. Not being a doctor, I did not know the difference between the two, and didnt know anything was out of the ordinary. When the results came back a week later, my general physician had a fit because the imaging place did the wrong procedure, they were livid, and sent me back to get the pelvic ultrasound - it was stipulated at the time that I was not to pay for this new pelvic ultrasound at all, because it should have been done in the first place. Now, I didnt know how upset to be about the fact that the imaging place did a completely wrong, invasive procedure on me, but I was pretty sick, and didnt know what else to do, so I went back for the pelvic ultrasound. They did it correctly this time, and seemed completely nonchalant about having done the wrong procedure the first time.Long story short, theyre now billing me a couple hundred dollars for the incorrect transvaginal ultrasound, along with another 85 left over from what my insurance didnt cover for the original abdominal ultrasound. Its not a life or death hardship to pay it, but I will definitely take a hit for it - its just that I really feel rather upset about this, but I dont know what to do. Am I responsible for this, even though they are the ones that did the wrong procedure on me? I dont want to pay for this, it was completely in error. Do they just get to do what they want here, and then bill me for it? How can I handle this if I call - do I explain they were in error and that I dont feel I should be held responsible for it? Do I just refuse to pay for it?  <response>: Definitely call the insurance company and explain what happened. You should not have to pay for a procedure that the doctor didnt order. They may need some documentation from your doctor certifying that he ordered a different procedure and they read the order incorrectly. Unfortunately, it might mean doing a bit of legwork on your end to make sure all the proper paperwork gets submitted. I had something similar happen recently where I had an MRI with prior authorization from insurance and the doctor used some computerized method of reading the MRI that was not medically necessary according to the insurance company. When I called my insurer after they denied the claim, I was told that if the doctor billed me I should call back to request an exception because I went in for an authorized procedure and was unaware that the doctor was going to use an unauthorized method of analysis. 