The billing problem: Colonoscopies that find polyps cost more Contos was shocked and angry when he received his itemized bill. “I said, ‘I don’t understand this,’” he said. He asked the ...

Over 6½ years ago, KFF Health News and NPR kicked off “Bill of the Month,” a crowdsourced investigation highlighting the impact of medical bills on patients. This story also ran on NPR. It can be ...

But her in-network doctor's office paired her with an out-of-network doctor — and said she'd signed a consent form. Her insurer declined to pay a penny of the $660 bill. Ask for an itemized bill, and ...

Her insurer declined to pay a penny of the $660 bill. Ask for an itemized bill, and question charges that don't make sense. Eloise Reynolds paid her husband's final hospital bill after he died ...