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Claire,
United Health care offers several options to employers for health care, so you have to be very careful when working with them.
My surgery was through United and all I had to pay out of pocket was a $250 co-pay and the fee for the nutritionist (I think it was $150). All other bills have been completely covered.
HOWEVER, DH was also approved through a different United Health care plan. They approved the surgery and confirmed approval through both the doctor and the hospital. Even with all of this, after the fact, UHC realized that for that employer's plan, the employer specifically excluded GBS as part of the coverage, and therefore, UHC has not paid all of the bills. Eighteen months later and we are still slinging it out with them. We finally had to obtain a lawyer in order to make UHC do what is right and will most likely end up going to court over it. Funny thing is they paid some of the providers (like the surgeon) before they realized their error but anyhow, we still are contesting the $30,000 worth of bills that have gone unpaid.

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