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Originally Posted by sweeps
Not disagreeing, just curious. Has anyone actually tried this? I just don't see how this would play out. Who in the hospital do you approach for this? What about the doctors and specialists that get involved but are not directly affiliated with the hospital? Also it seems they would be reluctant to put these figures in writing since there's no telling how a delivery will play out.
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I don't know the details of how to go about it, since we were fully insured when my wife was pregnant. However, I point you to this story:
ABC News: Learn How to Negotiate Your Medical Bills
I would love to read the original Smartmoney story if anyone can find it. I would imagine the upfront negotiations would only cover expected costs for a normal delivery (anesthesiologist for epidural, OB doing normal delivery, postnatal standard care, etc).