“In August, his wife, DeeAnn, feared going to the same emergency room where he was treated, delaying her diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.”
Six stitches and a tetanus shot came to $6,589.77, with $497.40 of it for the shot. The couple owed $4,278.05 after insurance. So when she got sick, she stayed home. A rural hospital’s billing department nearly killed a patient without ever touching her.