<prompt> Human: I tore my ab wall a month ago and didnt think much of it until my pain kept worsening. I went to an immediate care facility to rule out a hernia I had all the symptoms and they told me to get to ER asap. I go to the ER and they give me a ct scan and one xray and say its not a hernia and let me go. Fast forward to today and I got a bill for 9,200 and 3,900 of it is out of pocket. 9200 for two tests??? No pain meds were administered, it was literally those two tests. What should I do to contest it? I will be calling tomorrow to demand an itemized bill, but is there anything else I should do in the meantime?Assistant: Itemized bill, and you can try and see if you are being charged the proper rates. Sometimes you can talk to the medical center and have the bill lowered and cut into payments. I will say my CT scan for my back when I had a bad crash cost like 3-4k alone. Total visit was like 6k. I had insurance, so I didnt pay anything. In the end, if you used the service, you will be held liable for the charges, but they may be willing to help you out a bit. Just be really nice :P.Human: The only reason I went to the ER was because I thought after my deductible is met the cost of the visit is covered. Assistant: Sadly, alot of insurances separate the different types of care into different deductible accounts. ER is under emergency service and immediate care falls under standard services. I have seen people get caught up in this before. Check with your insurance, it may be a billing issue, as I have been slammed with a nice 11,000 bill before, only to find out the lady entered a code wrong and it should have been 100 covered. If the insurance route is no good, check with the hospital and see if the billing is all good there too. Then in the end, see if they can work with you on payments or possible balance deduction.I wish you the best man. I hope it all works out in your favor.Human: Thanks, it seems there MUST have been an error somewhere.  <response>: Im thinking the error was on your part in not fully understanding your policy unfortunately. 