Disgusting and deceptive billing practices. Took ...

Disgusting and deceptive billing practices. Took my daughter to an orthopedist for her knee. As a part of the appt the doctor took an x-ray. If the x ray was billed as a part of the doc appt I would have owed $40. And since the x ray room was right next to the doctor exam room of course I assumed it would be part of the visit. Imagine my surprise to learn that Children's billed the x ray as an outpatient service and therefore I owed $320! Children's bills all of it's diagnostic testing as outpatient in order to bill patients as much as possible and therefore pad it's bottom line. If I can avoid it, I will never use this hospital again and would advise others to avoid it as well. Any institution that bases it's business model on deceiving customers is one I want nothing to do with.