How one family avoided a surprise anesthesia bill by asking one simple question before surgery.
Mike was scheduled for a routine knee surgery at an in-network hospital with an in-network surgeon. Everything looked good - until he got a bill three months later for $3,200 from an anesthesiologist he'd never heard of.
The anesthesiologist was out-of-network. Mike's insurance covered only a fraction of the cost, leaving him with a $3,000 surprise bill.