<prompt> Human: Hello rpersonalfinance,Throwaway account for privacy reasons. I was recently injured and required medical attention. Today, I received the bill and discovered that a medical device I was given at my doctors office has been marked up by 590.6. I found the exact same device on amazon for 25.63 size large right foot to view price. My doctors office billed 177 for the device. My insurance covered 44.02. I am being billed 132.98 for the remainder. This is in addition the 451 office visit 289.29 after insurance.In my view, the doctors office has been compensated nearly double the retail value of the device by my insurance company. The amount that I am being billed for seems completely unfair, to the point of being unethical. Is there anything I can do to get this bill reduced to this bill to something within reason?  <response>: You can complain or beg for a discount. Ive not seen a case where a court reduced a medical charge for being outrageous. In our health care system, charges and prices are kept secret until you get the bill. Youre responsible no matter how high they are, as long as the charge itself is valid.Check out this article Our friends over at WBUR public radio in Boston wrote about a patient who appealed for a year a charge of 1,126 for a 2-inch bandage, to no avail. The patient posted the link for the story on the hospitals Facebook page. The following day, the patient received an email from the hospital apologizing and granting her a 1,124 credit. 