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Not medically necessary: the three words that cost me $9,000

Last summer I received a $9,000 bill for an overnight hospital stay that I probably could have done without, medically speaking. Mind you, this was my third biopsy and each one, including this one, turned out to be negative.

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Last summer I received a $9,000 bill for an overnight hospital stay that I probably could have done without, medically speaking.

Mind you, this was my third biopsy and each one, including this one, turned out to be negative.

Nevertheless, my doctor Read more… Not medically necessary: the three words that cost me $9,000 originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Last summer I received a $9,000 bill for an overnight hospital stay that I probably could have done without, medically speaking. Mind you, this was my third biopsy and each one, including this one, turned out to be negative. Nevertheless, my doctor Read more… Not medically necessary: the three words that cost me $9,000 originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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It started two days earlier, when I went in for a prostate biopsy.

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