'Surprise' hospital bills after childbirth are common, study says, but here's what to do
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Almost one in five new parents received a "surprise" hospital bill as high as $2000 after childbirth, a new study finds. Here's what experts say you can do to avoid being blindsided by an unexpected expense.
This is on top of the average $4,500 out-of-pocket spending each woman spends on maternal care during the "12 months before to 3 months after delivery," wrote lead author Dr. Kao-Ping Chua, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan, in the study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum.More Related News