George wrote:


Interesting to note the "this is not a bill" statements from Medicare and
other insurances, where the participating provider discounts heavily and
takes the write-off.

My brother-in-law was telling me that the hospital would submit a bill
to the insurance company (maybe via my BIL, I'm not sure) say for
$90,000 and the the insurance would say: "we'll give you $ 60K" and the
hospital would accept that....how can that work? Frequent Flyer Miles?