The worst part is we only got this service because it was represented to us as free. It was a genetic test that was nice to have but not strictly necessary. We would not have gotten it if we'd known we would be billed $6k.

Now I feel like I will have to screenshot and archive every digital representation that is made to us about whether X will be covered and be prepared to initiate a lawsuit over it.

In the meantime we will simply not be paying the bill. I've been thinking about doing this for many other medical bills we receive as well. It's all so arbitrary and uncontrollable. I simply don't feel I have an obligation to pay a bill in a made-up amount for made-up reasons I have nothing to do with.

I am a very reliable bill payer and normally see it as a basic matter of personal responsibility, but this broke me.