<prompt> Human: I went to the hospital for a stomach flu.The end cost was 32,000 but with my insurance I still owe 2,000 deductible because I have a HSA. 32k is ludicrous for a stomach flu and I have spoken to the hospital, they wont help. I spoke to my insurance and they wont help either, all the say is call the hospital. If I knew I was going to blow 2k which I dont have on a hospital bill I would of never gone but now Im in the hole.Any help or adviceUpdate: Thanks for all the tips and comments, fortunately even bad critisms help me grow as a individual so I do appreciate all the comments. I will likely come up with some sort of payment plan with the hospital so yeah lesson learned. The main reason I seem clueless about HSA is well Im a pretty healthy guy and in my lifetime have not had a reason to go to the hospital until now so gg to me but again.Thank you all :Assistant: Not to be rude but why did you go to the hospital for just the stomach flu. Ive just come to the assumption that anytime you go to the hospital for anything you should just assume its going to cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Human: I had no liquid left in my body and was just in sheer pain from the fevers, diahreas, vommiting. Any water I drank simply wouldnt hold  <response>: If you were in that bad of shape, then it sounds reasonable that there was a significant charge for just the stomach flu. You knew you had a high deductible plan, did you for some reason think this would be covered? 