<prompt> Human: My brother lives in a tiny home in the woods. He lives a minimalist lifestyle, and doesnt have any insurance. Late one night he tripped over some junk in the yard and fell face first into a tree. His teeth busted through his bottom lip causing a large opening which bled like mad. He went to the ER after cleaning up most of the blood and they performed a CAT scan and sent him on his way after putting a bandaid on the hole. The hole should have had stitches, he should have been prescribed some sort of antibiotics, and probably pain pills because he was pretty messed up. A family friend saw him two days later and determined that the wound was infected, and prescribed him antibiotics. Our best assumption as to why they didnt offer any help is that he was dirty from working in the yard all day, and is a bit ragged looking, so they may have assumed he just wanted pain pills. Even if that is true, they should have prescribed antibiotics for an open mouth wound... 1-2 weeks later the bill arrives. After adjustments he owes 3k, 500.00 of which is for the CAT scan. He makes very little money due to his lifestyle, so what are his options? Any advice is appreciated! edit: forgot I put the star next to nothing... Nothing was an exaggeration. They did do some stuff, but probably should have actually addressed the wound too.  <response>: They didnt do nothing. You may disagree with what they did but something tells me these are all things your brother agreed to. He should call the hospital and talk to them about a payment plan. Then considering getting health insurance. 