<prompt> Human: I was in the hospital for a few hours of the night in August because I was suicidal and called the police for help while driving home. Although I didnt want to, they made me take an ambulance to the hospital about 5 miles away and I was evaluated until let go.I received 3 types of bills:The first being the bill for the ambulance which was around 250. Got it, done, paid off.The second was the bill for the hospital which was around 1300, deep sigh okay, paid that off too.I was thinking I was done with the bills when one came in last week from a billing agency called Schumacher. They were charging me for an emergency physicians fee for around 1400 where my insurance covered 1099.20 leaving me with the bill of 303.80. What perplexed me about this bill was the coding of what it was for, which was: BEHAV CHNGE SMOKING 3-10 MINUTESUhm, excuse me? Never have I seen something like that. So I called the company and even the representative was confused by it. She told me she had never seen that before and put me on hold for 15 MINUTES to talk to her supervisor. They informed me basically that the charge was when a social worker came into my room and asked me if I smoked cigarettes. I said yes. He then lectured me about how bad that was and left the room. WHAT?? The woman told me that I needed to call the hospital about fighting this charge. I called the hospital and since I didnt have an account number on the bill, told me that I needed to call Schumacher back. Are you serious?So my question is, what IS this charge, and how is getting a lecture worthy of charging someone 308 for? Can someone please ELI5?UPDATEHi everyone, I didnt realize my post was going to get so much traffic. I appreciate all the advice I was given. Heres some more information for you guys:- I remember a male social worker asking me if I smoked. We had a few words..- I was taken to the hospital via ambulance because I said I wanted to crash my car. Totally understandable. - I was let go after 4 hours- I still smoke. Trying to quit!After reading what everyone said I am going to try to contest via letters to Schumacher and my insurance. My dad let me know his plan this year is that the family pay the whatever amount copay until its reached, then we are responsible for 20 of all doctorhospital bills after that. We ran out of money around July. Its not like I cannot pay for this bill. I would just rather not pay for something that I dont HAVE to pay for, since it was not the intention of the visit and I am also over 18 years of age, I should be given some right to refuse.Thank you all again for the advice, I REALLY appreciate it!!By the way, Im a girl.  <response>: Contest it in writing. Send copies to both the hospital and this Schumacher company. 