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DHL FEDEX? you mean to say I should write letter instead email? Why FedEx?

mimibe:
As I said before call the billing guys, if they prove difficult write to the management, you will see the mailing address on their website, that is what I did. Because the billing staff were threatening me, I had to write to the mgt of the hosp ie vice president and they arranged a meeting after which they deducted abt $1,400 from my bill. So if the billing staff prove difficult, do a strong worded letter and send it through dhl or fedex. It will get their attention and they will start calling you. Nobody can take the discount away o! It's their policy for self pay

ATL folks please share your views on my case! Please all at Gwinnett please do share your thoughts as to how did u guys went ahead with it.

anonymousmum:
So its a case of discussing with them naa ni.

Before you harrass them, just secure the agreed discount first o! Before you will go and hassle them, and they pull back on the discount.

Also the ATL / Gwinett folks can weigh in too, to tell you how its done and who exactly you should be discussing with.

Cheers, and congrats!

That's before discounts. But they still have over charged me. They charged $875 for 5 IVY Which they gave me during child birth. IVY can't be that expensive. Secondly why charged for recovery room and labor room again. Plus anesthesia charges are $1300 remember the charges of anesthesologist isn't yet come to me! Wondering what is that 1300 for?

anonymousmum:
I was just going to ask sef. Because this may just be the entire bill assuming you are not self pay. Have you discussed with them that you are self pay?

yes the delivery was smooth there was no complication whats so ever. i was given epidural during the birthing to avoid pain and thats all. nothing more nothing less. i was admitted when i was 2 cm dilated, i am surprised myself as to why have they charged me for delivery room and labor room? thats a big red flag as they have charged me for OB room and the room shifted later after birth. in pharmacy they charged me for lactation ringers $875 thats IVY if i am not wrong. can the IVY be that expensive? i doubt really. they didnt have any package deal at Gwinnett so we have to go as per the price quote given. it was $4000 - $6000 and then 40% discounts for self pay.
what about anesthesia level 2 i dont understand that? also they did no monitoring for the baby. yaa Urine catheter was some kind of joke when they charge like that. any other Gwinnett people, please advise how did you guys go about it.

anonymousmum:
the first question is that did your delivery go smoothly or were there any complications?

Secondly, did you not have a package deal with them i.e an agreement with them for a Birthing plan that should capture some of these costs all in?

Maybe the Atlanta/Gwinnet folks can help here but clearly they have charged you item by item (for example charging you for OB room and then separately for another room when they moved you) - this is usually avoided when you have a package deal.

Also I see some red flags - were you induced? were you informed that the labor would be augmented? I see oxytocin there which is used to induce labor or help labor move along. You will need to investigate this and confirm the useage of all these drugs they have listed here.

Anaesthesia - you will need to speak to the anaesthesia people directly. I see level 2 there, you need to ask them and jack them up seriously

How is recovery room separate from private room after birth

Fetal monitoring?? Was your baby fine after birth? What were they monitoring exactly?

Urinary Catheterisation? Is that a joke? Something that any nurse or junior doctor can do with eyes closed?

This is the reason why the American healthcare system sucks.

Just be armed with your facts and be ready to fight for your rights. I dey vex sef.

hello all we got a baby boy on 23 dec 2014 at Gwinnett Hospital Atlanta, the nurses and all duty doctors were super good and we got very good service except one of the nurses who was rude to us and we dont know why. i have been waiting for the bill to arrive from the hospital but since it didnt come till date i requested for itemized statement and we got a email today morning. the break up is as below. not sure if that look legit to me. i wanted to share with all the experts here so that they can guide me to resolve this asap. i am still at Atlanta and waiting for passport to arrive.

Private Room OB $2400 (during child birth)
Private Room after birth $1400 (shifted to other room)
Pharmacy $480 (fentanyl citrate, fentanyl Bupivac, Bupivacaine & Oxytocin)
Pharmacy others $36 (pain killer)
Lab Charges for various test $271
Anesthesia Level 2 $1193 (they charged me for this and above this i am gonna get a separate bill of $1200 from Anesthesiologist so dont know what are this charges for)
Durgs details $875 (they charged me for Lactated ringers @ $154 each dont know for real is that expensive?)
Recovery room - Vaginal EA Hour $1310 (charged 2 times $655 each and dont know why)
labor Room Delivery $720
Fetel monitoring $181
urinary catheterization $140

Total $9006

please advise me to resolve this.

godblessamerica:
@Olhar can you please help me as well, i got the Gwinnett bill yesterday and they have charged me $9900, i am not sure whom should i mail to get this resolved. please advise me. thank you

@Olhar can you please help me as well, i got the Gwinnett bill yesterday and they have charged me $9900, i am not sure whom should i mail to get this resolved. please advise me. thank you

Olhar:
Thank you all for your advice
@ mimibe and @dakotchic

i finally got my Zero balance yesterday from gwinnett, after i mailed the management on friday, a lady from the financial department was assigned to help sort my issue out and the excess bill was withdrawn, so am cleared…
please for those that applied for niaja passport in atlanta, do you get the passport same day you go for the interview? and after paying online and buying the 30 dollars money order, do i buy a self addressed overnight delivery envelope or i also do that as money order and they sort it themselves?

Dear All,

not sure if anyone has made a detail walk through of all documents needed while applying for few things post delivery of child in USA

would request if some of the experts would share and make a detail walk through of few things as below, from were ever they have experienced it e.g. Atlanta, Huston, Dallas, EL Paso, NYC, Maryland etc etc.

Hospital Birth Certificate
Birth Certificate at county office
SSN application
US Passport application documents (with and without husband)
Visa application or native Passport as per country going back.

this walk through in detail would help many of the aspiring parents to have there decisions more stronger. i request Admin/ Mods to please pin this up on the forum page for quick access if possible.

best regards

Godblessamerica.

hello all beautiful people,

i am following this thread from past 4 months now and trust me every single post and page is worth of millions of information to make one decide the furture of his or her upcoming baby. we planned to do our baby at USA few months ago the moment we go to know the confirmation of pregnancy. to start up with i was reading the forum during the night after my working hours. my wife used to wonder what am i reading so much. i extracted few post of wonderful people who have shard there reviews of POE at various arrival points to US. i made her read through each and every page which dimmed fit for her to read. she gained her confidence through the forum thread and thats how we started to conduct more research on the subject. i had 2 options Atlanta and NYC, but after reading the forums understood that Atlanta makes more sense for few reasons and they were

1) i have my sister staying there
2) Gwinnett Medical center was with 10 mins from the sisters place
3) Date of delivery given is Dec 2014 last week, and it doesn't snow in Atlanta like NYC
4) wonderful reviews given by people over here of few doctors who we contacted and did our further findings.
5) Easily taken doctors appointment and receiving the appointment letter with name printed on it via email. (very useful at POE for CBP)
6) entire process for making birth certificate and US PP at Atlanta county is smooth as compared to NYC.
7) last and most important the cost of birthing in NYC is very high as compared to Atlanta.

Me and my wife had the visa from past 10 years now and have traveled multiple times to US, we didn't had to get in to the hassle of sending the consulate email for go ahead for child delivery. we did our research through this forum and i booked Delta and she arrived yesterday at Atlanta airport along with her mommy. the arrival experience was smooth, though it was very big Que and she had to wait for immigration for almost 1 hour.
finally the moment of truth, she arrived at POE and here is how it went off.

CBP - good afternoon, what makes you to come to US
wife - to deliver child and vacation
CBP - congratulation for that, have you booked your appointment with doctors?
wife - yes i did with Dr. XXXX at XXXX hospital
CBP - can i see the confirmation letter?
wife - sure you can officer, and pulls out he file.
CBP - its okay mam we trust you as you told us the truth by saying you are here to deliver the child and we liked you saying that, not sure why people lie and say they have put on extra weight. there is nothing wrong in birthing your child in US as far as you pay your bills and have zero balance.
wife - don't know officer why people lie.
CBP - mam please ensure that you carry all your bills along with you before you fly out with your baby and plan to come next time you need to carry all the bills related to your hospital to prove you paid and there is no outstanding against your file. ensure that you don't take any medicaid and charity from the hospital NO MATTER WHAT THAT THING COULD BE. (HE INSISTED ON THAT POINT)
wife - sure officer (by this time he took her finger access and took picture)
CBP - welcome to america, and please declare your customs, i am sure you are carrying cash along with you to take care of your expenses.
wife - yes i do its USD $17,000 (she was flying along with her mother) thats including me and my mommy cash.
CBP - thats fine please follow the gentle man (points out towards another officer and puts the passport in white envelop, he stampes the passport for 6 months for wife and mommy)

next officer asked why she was here, told him for child brith, says congratulation and starts talking even his wife is pregnant and she is into XX month and he kept talking about his stories. By now wife is

arrives at customs and declares the cash and do the paper work and she was out.

guys this is what exactly happened and trust me all this was possible since i have gone through each and every thread of this forum pertaining the subject. please people read all the pages end to end, there are small small details which gives you more and more confidence. if you guys have some more details question please ask let everyone also have the same knowledge which is worth millions. i am not from Niaja but from India and was following this forum like crazy. but i am glad that i did that.

best regards,

godblessamerica