When surgery is covered but anesthesia isn't: Coloradans caught off-guard by out-of-network bills
Major change affected one of the stateâs largest insurance companies
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and last updated 2021-05-08 00:24:50-04
LITTLETON, Colo. â Shortly before her surgery at Littleton Hospital in February, Sue Henry got a call from her anesthesiologist to tell her he was out-of-network.
âI thought it was completely outrageous. I didnât know until a week before my surgery,â Henry said. âI have an in-network hospital and in-network surgeon, and the guy in between thatâs going to make me comfortable is out-of-network.â
She tried to find a less expensive option that was in her insurance network but said she could not find another anesthesiologist within 50 miles.