10 ways to avoid outrageous hospital overcharges - MSN Money

10 ways to avoid outrageous hospital overcharges - MSN Money: "If there are items you don't understand, call the billing department and your insurer, and ask them to explain. The medical coding workers screw up all the time. Don't accept bills that use terms like 'lab fees,' or 'miscellaneous fees.' Demand an itemization. If you don't get satisfaction from the hospital billing department -- and you probably won't -- appeal in writing to the hospital administrator or patient ombudsman."

Even if your doctor's treatment makes you better, your hospital bill will make you ill !