[quote=Good1]It is amazing how the hospital bills for one amount and then the insurance pays a completely different discounted amount - why not skip the first step and just bill for what will be paid.[/quote]

The billing amounts are effectively the undiscounted cash price for the procedure, followed by the much lower discounted price negotiated by Medicare and other ins providers. Just let the dust settle, esp if you have Medicare plus a supplementary insurance, because it takes time to process individual cases through two ins cos.