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ask if you would pay air ambulance 16.500.00 knowing all the facts. this was not a medical evacuation.?

My husband was taken to a hospital 33 miles from emergency call by ground ambulance and charged 850.00. He was transferred by air 77 miles to Vegas by air ambulance for kidney stone. I am sure this was a case of fraud he was traveling and also on the job and insured, I am sure if he had no insurance he would have been treated and released like he was in Vegas. Kidney stones are com man and he had already traveled 33 miles he was not going to have a heart transplant. If so i would be happy to pay a million i smell a rat medical billing fraud not old news when it comes to air ambulance this should have been approved. He is also from Iran he would have never agreed to go if he was informed about cost. I am sure the hospital could have handled his diagnose. He was in area that had several options in nye county my Research show questionable fraud and will not pay remainder of bill for air ambulance to see insurance candy my husband was working he trains drivers for swift transportation, He was taken Advantage of and pays more than his share in taxes. He should not pick up the tab for ambulance to make a buck to recoup for uninsured patients that they had to medical evacuate. We are already paying a Fortune in insurance. This is discrimination.

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1. I'm not sure about the legal responsibilities, but if he did indeed accept air transport to the hospital--he was awake and responsive and did not object--then he probably owes the cost, whether your or he feel it was medically necessary or not. Kidney stones can and sometimes do have complications that only a larger hospital can treat, with urologists on staff and on call 24/7. The internet is a terrible place to get legal advice. Consult an attorney if you want to contest those charges.
2. why would they air evacuate him for kidney stones, unless they felt like it was going to rupture his urethra. that doesn't make any sense to me, if you have a medical report for him i would look at that there should be a notation if the crew felt like the stone was going to rupture the urethra, if there is no notation then i would fight it, but if they made a notation on that then you probably have no legal grounds not to pay
3. I am guessing you were not there nor are you a doctor. You do not know the exact condition of your husband at the time they decided he needed to be moved. You are assuming a lot in this situation. Regardless he used the service and is responsible for the bill. There is no discrimination of any sort in this post. You owe the bill and they will come after you for it.
4. $16,500 is about what an air ambulance costs. Usually this is used when time is of the essence. If your husband only had a kidney stone - why did he not refuse the air transport? At the time they transported him, did they know the problem was a kidney stone? I suspect there is more to your story than what you've told. There was a reason the dr ordered the air transport. And your husband either accepted it....or was not in the condition to accept it. But in the end, if the service was rendered - yes, the bill is owed.