Screwed Over

Leave it up to us to have to get stuck paying a $600 medical bill when we really didn't need to. Why is it that the hardworking, honest people always get screwed over. With everything going on, the last thing we needed was to get stuck paying something we had assumed that we already paid for.

Here is the story:
We chose and RE about 225 miles away from our hometown. Mainly because they offered an OBP and appeared to have good results. My husband worked with a guy whom tried several times in our hometown and found great results through this clinic. We went to the office visit met with the office manager and paid almost $20,000 for 3 cycles including ICSI and all tests/bloodwork and u/s. When we were in their office in December, they suggested that our next US be done in our hometown for our convenience. They offerred this suggestion. We were perfectly prepared to drive the 225 miles. We chose the RE knowing that this was a sacrifice we were willing to accept. Anyway, I looked all over the place, called a bunch of doctors in my hometown and ended up choosing a fertility specialist in our hometown which by the way was the same doctor we saw in 2002 (awkward!!). Anyway, this doctor was gracious and did exactly what our RE doctor asked for and then expected his $600 payment. We paid of course and contacted our RE and low and behold, THEY WILL NOT REIMBURSE!! There claim was that we should have known if we chose to have the US at another clinic, we would be responsible for the charges. WHY WOULD BE WILLINGLY GO TO ANOTHER CLINIC AND PAY $600 FOR SOMETHING WE HAD JUST PAID $20,000 FOR! WTF!!!

I am so angry. Why has this happened to us? I sent our RE a hateful email about how they screw over their out-of-town patients and should never have offered to send us to a local RE for "our convenienc." I have to get over it. This is the man that is going to be all up in my business in the coming weeks and will be focusing on getting us pregnant this year. I need to learn to play nice and get over it. We can't do anything about now and we just need to move on and accept it as a learning experience!!! GRRRRR! I am still angry about it.