Money
Check a medical bill before you pay it
Errors spotted and a call script ready before you pay.
The prompt
Help me check a medical bill before I pay it. The bill (with account and member numbers removed): [paste the bill lines] The insurance explanation of benefits for the same visit, if I have it: [paste it] Please give me: 1. A plain-language explanation of each charge and what insurance says it covered. 2. Anything that looks wrong: duplicate charges, services we did not get, or amounts that do not match the explanation of benefits. 3. A step-by-step call script for the billing office and for the insurer, including how to ask for an itemized bill, a payment plan or a prompt-pay discount. 4. A short tracker for the call: date, who I spoke to, what they said, next step. I will make the calls and any payment myself. This is not financial or legal advice. If you need anything else from me, ask up to three quick questions first. Then give me the finished result.