I had to pay $1,463 for 'pre-payment' before son's appendix surgery

A mother was shocked to find that doctors would not give her son a surgery to remove his appendix until her husband forked over more than $1,000.

Dr Emily Porter, a sexual health and wellness physician in Austin, Texas, that her second-grader developed appendicitis overnight and had to be rushed into emergency surgery.

Despite her son being in critical condition, the hospital required a pre-payment of $1,463.93 without offering an explanation about how administrators arrived at that figure. Typically, Dr Porter’s copay from emergency care is only $250.

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