ATLANTA — A Georgia woman who left an emergency room after waiting for hours without seeing a doctor said she walked away with her injury untreated and a $700 charge simply for showing up.
Taylor Davis told WAGA-TV she went to the Emory Decatur Hospital emergency room in July for a head injury and decided to leave after no end in sight to her seven-hour wait for care.
A couple of weeks later, a surprise arrived in her mailbox: a $700 bill from the hospital.
“I didn’t get my vitals taken. Nobody called my name. I wasn’t seen at all,” Davis said.
She was convinced it was a mistake, but was told it was an emergency room visit fee. An email sent to Davis by an Emory Healthcare patient financial services employee says: “You get charged before you are seen. Not for being seen.”
Taylor Davis’ $700 bill from the hospital. APDavis said she’s reluctant to go to an emergency room now if she needs care.
Emory Healthcare told the TV station in a statement that it was “looking into this matter and will follow up directly with the individual.”
Taylor Davis told WAGA-TV she went to the Emory Decatur Hospital emergency room in July for a head injury and decided to leave after no end in sight to her seven-hour wait for care. FOX5