<prompt> Human: Hi there everyone, hope the day is treating you well!x200B;As the title suggests, Ive just received a couple bills in the mail for an emergency room visit over this past summer. The first bill consists of 1,915 in charges; 108.33 for Lab Services 1,807 for Emergency ServicesThe second bill totals 149.52, it was 244 and it appears my insurance paid 94.48 of the total. I believe this is a charge for the doctor.x200B;Total Amount Due: 2,064.52x200B;To provide some context; I was working an internship over the summer and had a sore throat worse than anything Id ever had, and even had mouth sores arise which had never happened when Id had painful sore throats in the past. I was worried it was strep or potentially something worse, so I took the day off to get a strep test.x200B; Over the summer I was living a few hours from my general physician so I needed to get a strep test done somewhere close, I decided to visit UCHealth, a very small stand-alone emergency room close to home that was new to our town. It was early in the morning, absolutely no other patients were there, and although my throat was absolutely killing me I was very relaxed and did not require urgent care. I spoke with the employee at the front desk very casually, described my symptoms, filled out some paperwork, and was taken back to see a nurse.x200B; The nurse tested my blood pressure, took my heart rate, briefly looked at my throat, etc etc, then swabbed my throat took the sample back for a strep test. A doctor walked in shortly after, took another look at my throat, asked some questions, etc etc, about what youd expect from your general visit for a strep test. Nurse came back, strep test was negative, and the doctor wrote me a prescription for 800mg of ibuprofen ibuprofen entirely for the pain. I was free to leave, and spent no more than 30 minutes total in the building.x200B;So I just now received these bills and Im unsure what to do! Ive never visited a stand-alone emergency room before and I didnt even consider potentially being billed for emergency services. I suppose this was my own fault for being unaware of the costs for this type of facility.x200B;I called the support number on my bill and was told I was rated a Level 3 out of 5 in regards to emergency level. This was ridiculous to me! I was so absolutely calm and casual. I asked to dispute the level 3 I was rated.x200B;I just received a voicemail now 10 days after filing a dispute and I was told my dispute was denied after review, and level 3 is correct because I had several interventions during the encounter; a point of care strep A test, prescription medication, and discharge, so this emergency room level 3 is appropriate for the visit.x200B;So here I am now, unsure what to do. Should I call back and dispute this further? Is there anything else I can do? The emergency services bill for 1,807 shows insurance paid 0. Should I call my insurance? The lady I spoke with initially who filed my dispute for me mentioned there was an attempt to bill insurance and they provided 0 because I likely have a high deductible - my insurance is still under my parents name and unfortunately Im not familiar at all with my insurance, how deductibles work, or how exactly my insurance may handle this case.x200B;I sincerely do not believe my visit was worth anywhere close to 2,100 total.. however, Im not sure how to go about fighting this considering my dispute was refused. I realize this may be my own fault for being unaware of urgent care fees, but at the end of it all I feel like this is completely unjust for the service I was provided. I couldve had the same procedure done with my normal physician for under 100 no question.x200B;Its even more frustrating considering UCHealth is owned by Colorado University, the university I am currently a student at. I simply cant afford this bill, and my parents cant afford it at this time either. Any and all suggestions as to what I should do moving forward are GREATLY appreciated.. thank you!x200B;edit: It is a stand-alone emergency room, not an urgent care center as I had initially typed.  <response>: Over the summer I was living a few hours from my general physician so I needed to get a strep test done somewhere close, I decided to visit UCHealth, a very small stand-alone emergency room close to home that was new to our town. It was early in the morning, absolutely no other patients were there, and although my throat was absolutely killing me I was very relaxed and did not require urgent care. I spoke with the employee at the front desk very casually, described my symptoms, filled out some paperwork, and was taken back to see a nurse.Doesnt matter how big or how small the emergency room is.Its an emergency room and you will be billed emergency room prices.If it wasnt an emergency or urgent, you should have gone to a regular doc-in-the-box walk in clinic. 