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Ask for an itemized hospital bill

A one-line “hospital charges $14,200” statement is not enough to decide. Ask for a line-by-line statement: each date of service, CPT/HCPCS or revenue code, units, billed amount, and the rendering NPI if they have it.

How to ask

  1. Call the number on the statement, or use the hospital’s billing portal, and ask for an itemized bill.
  2. Ask for each date of service, the CPT/HCPCS or revenue code, the units, and the charge.
  3. Ask them to pause collections while they send that list. You are asking for the detail, not refusing a valid debt.
  4. When it arrives, put it next to the EOB. The patient share on the EOB and the amount due should match before you pay.

A written request is the one you can keep. Say you want the itemized statement before you pay the summary balance, and ask them not to send the account to collections while they produce it.

What to write

Compare that list to your EOB before you pay. An EOB is not a bill.

We will draft that letter from the page you upload. We do not mail it. Hospitals are not required to use one national form; “CMS-style” here means dates, codes, and amounts — not a legal command.

Check the letter in your hand

Upload the page. You get a verdict — Pay, Wait, Dispute, or Check aid. The letter and a saved case are $4.99 once, or the desk is $12 a month. We do not send the letter for you. Pricing.

Inbox

Drop the letter here

Photo or PDF. One page is enough. A bill plus an EOB is better.

You see the verdict here. The letter and a saved case are $4.99 once, or the desk is $12 a month. An unsaved check is deleted in 24 hours.

Is This Bill is not a law firm, medical provider, or billing advocate. This is educational software. It can misread documents. You are responsible for what you send and what you pay.

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