$1,133 bill for toenail work prompts class action lawsuit

Have any folks here had bad over-charging like stated in this article? It's outrageous!

$1,133 hospital bill for toenail work prompts class action lawsuit
at 16:51 on September 9, 2005, EST.

SEATTLE (AP) - A lawsuit challenging a hospital's $1,133 US bill to clip a toenail and run tests has been certified as a class action that could include other patients charged similar fees by the hospital.

Lori Mill is challenging a $418 fee included in the bill for "miscellaneous hospital charges" because she had her toenail clipped to check for fungus at Virginia Mason Medical Center's downtown complex rather than at one of its other clinics.

The hospital has not yet provided how many patients were assessed such a fee.....

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