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Room with a migraine headache and they gave her one bag of saline. and then they charged her for 41 bags of saline. to the tune of $4,182. now, the really crazy thing about this is that her insurance company actually paid this bail. they didn't even question it. why did her insurance company pay for this when it was obviously wrong? >> there's not many people working at these companies anymore. they're very busy. usually any kind of bill that's under $100,000, they don't look at the detail. >> reporter: so they just write a check? >> they just write a check. >> oh, my gosh. just astounding. >>...

Swab. how much did a hospital charge for these? >> $23 a piece. on bill there were 44 of them. it becomes very expensive. >> reporter: this is not the craziest thing you have seen. tell me about one of your crazier charges? >> i had somebody charged for 41 iv bags when she went to an er for a two-hour visit. >> reporter: yeah, a woman went to the emergency room with a migraine headache, and then they gave her one bag of saline and then charged her for 41 bags, to the tune of $4,182. and the crazy thing is her insurance company paid the bill and did not question it. why did it pay for this when...

People go through all these crazy charges. this is one of my favorite ones. a little alcohol prep swab, how much did a hospital charge for these? >> $23 apiece. >> for this little piece of cotton. >> on one bill 44 of them. becomes very expensive. >> but this isn't the craziest thing you have seen. tell me about one of your crazier charges. >> recently i had somebody who was charged for 41 iv bags when she went to the e.r. for a two-hour visit. >> a woman went to the emergency room with a migraine headache and they gave her one bag of saline and then they charged her for 41 bags of saline to t...

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