Watch: Emergency Room Turns Simple Injury Into a Big Bill

March 7, 2023

</p> <p>Leigh Fava wound up in the emergency room after injuring her thumb at her New Orleans home. She said she received a tetanus shot and a badly wrapped bandage — and an unexpectedly high bill. Her experiences trying to dispute the hospital’s charges left her feeling ignored, she said.</p> <p>In this installment of InvestigateTV and KHN’s “Costly Care” series, Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV’s national consumer investigative reporter, illuminates the practice of up-charging for common medications and supplies in the emergency room.</p> <p>Jackman’s story features an interview with Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, KHN’s editor-in-chief, who cautions that emergency rooms have wide leeway to charge high prices.</p> <p>Copy HTML