# Resources, Field Notes on Medical Bills

> Plain-English notes on what billing errors look like, what a fair price is, and how disputing a medical bill actually works.

Resources

## Field notes on medical bills

What billing errors look like, what a fair price actually is, and how a dispute really works. Everything here is what we do all day.

**Teardown · hospital stay** Illustrative

71046 Chest X-ray, billed twice $610 Duplicate

99285 ER visit, notes support level 3 $2,730 Upcoded

80053 One panel billed as 14 tests $1,340 Unbundled

R&B 4 days billed, 3 nights stayed $3,912 Overstated

Taken off one bill **$14,380**

Figures are illustrative.

Featured teardown

### Anatomy of an overcharged hospital bill

A duplicate scan, an upcoded visit, an unbundled panel, and an overstated stay. Four errors on one bill, walked through line by line.

[Read the teardown](https://www.soro.health/blog-anatomy-overcharged-claim)

The blog

### Our blogs

4 min read

#### [Upcoding vs. unbundling: how to tell them apart](https://www.soro.health/blog-upcoding-vs-unbundling)

The two most common errors, and how each shows up on your itemized bill.

4 min read

#### [Medicare rates, FAIR Health, and what a fair price means](https://www.soro.health/blog-fair-price-benchmarks)

The data that turns "that looks high" into a dispute.

2 min read

#### [Where AI fits into a claims audit](https://www.soro.health/blog-ai-claims-review)

Every claim still ends with a person's judgment. Here's the part AI actually handles.

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