# Good News: You saved 114% on your medical bill. Bad News: Pay up **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-you-saved-114-on-your-medical-bill-bad-news-pay-up/748330 "2016-03-08T21:47:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-you-saved-114-on-your-medical-bill-bad-news-pay-up/748330/1 "2016-03-08T21:47:33Z")
From a medical insurance explanation of benefits document that I received for an emergency room visit that my son had. It says: Amount billed: $1,062.80 (“This was the amount that was billed for your visit”) Discount: $0.00 What my plan paid: $1,208.00 (“Cigna paid $1,208.00 to XYX Hospital”) What I owe: $100 **You Saved: 114%** ("You saved $1,208.00 (or 114%) off the total amount billed.) :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: I am not really complaining, because I know my co-pay was $100, which is what I will be billed. Why the Insurance company decided to pay the hospital more than the bill? I will never know. I would link to an image, but I can’t get to those sites at work.