Scheduled surgery was billed as emergency at 4X the cost. Is this fraud?

Hello all, first time posting here so forgive me if this is obvious but I am a complete noob when it comes to insurance.

My wife had minor ankle surgery earlier this month, it was a ligament repair and she was in and out in 30 minutes. She has had the April surgery scheduled since February.

On the day of the surgery she was told by the specialists office that she had to pay in full up front and they would write us a check for whatever insurance covered.

They said the full cost was ~$2200 and she paid that.

Now today I went to check our insurance website and see that they charged BlueCross Blueshield $9000 and coded it as Emergency surgery.

Luckily my insurance did pay it in full but it sounds fishy to me like they are trying to scam my insurance company. I'm worried that my employer or BlueCross may end up questioning it and if I could potentially be on the hook.

Should I ask either the specialist or the insurance company about it or just let it lay as is and play dumb?

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