Stories of patients experiencing surprise medical bills Early this year, Scott Kohan had a surgery for a broken jaw at Dell Seton Medical Center’s emergency room in downtown Austin, Texas. While the hospital was in his insurance network, the oral surgeon working at that emergency room was not. Mr. Kohan ended up with a $7,924 bill. (Vox, May 23, 2018) After her triplets were born prematurely, Stella Apo Osae-Twum received a balance bill of over $50,000. Despite going to a hospital covered by her