Check several lines of an itemized bill at once
check_whole_billRead-onlyIdempotent
Check several lines of an itemized bill at once. For when someone reads out or pastes several lines from an itemized bill, for example "my ER bill has 99284 for $2,500, 85025 twice for $120 and 36415 three times, does anything look off?". Takes the lines as code, optional x and units, then the amount. Returns each line against Medicare's rate, totals, and questions_to_ask: repeated codes, units above Medicare's automated daily limit, the highest visit levels, hospital clinic facility fees and charges far above what providers typically bill. Lines of a hospital bill (any bill with an ER visit on it, or setting=facility) are compared with Medicare's hospital outpatient rate plus the doctor's part; each such line says compared_with.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| city | No | City, for big cities with their own Medicare rates. | |
| lines | Yes | Up to 15 bill lines separated by commas: code, then x and units if more than one, then the amount. Example: 99284:2500, 85025x2:120, 36415:45. | |
| state | No | US state name or two-letter code. | |
| setting | No | Setting: office or facility. Leave out if not known. | |
| billed_by | No | Whose bill the charge is on when the service was in a hospital: hospital (the hospital's own facility charge) or doctor (the doctor's or physician group's bill). Leave out if not known: the charge is then compared with both together. |