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Bill 7 · Maternity ward
Your daughter was born healthy and went home after two days. This is her hospital bill.
Which line should you question?
Newborn charges
Nursery care, 2 days$1,400
Newborn hearing screening$90
Circumcision$480
Hepatitis B vaccine$65
Correct!
Not quite.
A procedure that could not have been performed on this patient is the clearest error a bill can contain. Charges land on the wrong account when two patients share a room, a surname or a similar record number. The examples are sometimes this obvious and often not. Read each line and ask one question: did this happen to this patient? New parents, tired and relieved, are among the least likely people to check.