Anesthesiologist surprise medical bill

I have medical insurance with United healthcare. A family member had a preventative procedure done and the anesthesiologist was not in network. We get a bill stating that the doctor was out of network and that we have to use a third party to try to work with negotiating the fee. I look up anesthesiologists on the United healthcare website for my state, the entire state, and there are four total anesthesiologists that are in network.

How many other people are going through this daily with United healthcare? I mean if there's four total anesthesiologist in one state it has to be at least 100,000 likely more.

Has anyone ever looked into some sort of class action lawsuit on this? I mean the insurance company should be held accountable for something that you are paying for and the anesthesiologist should also probably be included for wasting your time. This is a serious inquiry.

Maybe if every member that has had to waste time and resources fighting for something that should be included, the health companies will be forced to do what's right and stop wasting everybody's time.

submitted by /u/bkindpeacelove
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