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If you ever get a hospital Bill, here are the three moves you need to make right now. And before we get into it, number three alone could eliminate your entire Bill. I'm Tyler. I'm a former financial advisor and portfolio manager, and now I make financial content for free so you don't have to pay for it. Number one: Ask for the prompt pay discount. Call the billing department directly and say exactly this. "If I pay this in full today, what discount can you offer me?" That's the sentence. Hospitals would rather have 70 cents on the dollar today than chase you for 100 cents over the next six months. Standard discounts run 10 to 50% off the Bill. One phone call, same day, and I personally have saved thousands by using this exact move. Number two. Charity care. Nearly 60% of U.S. Hospitals are non profit and legally required under IRS. Section 501r to offer financial assistance programme. A family of four earning under roughly $128,000 a year qualifies for free or significantly discounted care. Most people who qualify never apply because nobody told them it existed. Yes, you can apply after you've already been billed. You can apply after you've already started your payment plan. Ask for the financial assistance application every single time. And number three, this is the big one. Always request an itemized bill. What they mail you is a summary. The itemized version lists every charge with its medical code. And up to 80% of medical bills contain errors according to Becker's Hospital Review. Duplicate charges, wrong codes, services you didn't even receive. Hospitals are legally required to provide the itemised version within 30 days of your asking. And about 75% of people who flag errors get them corrected. These three moves can reduce your hospital Bill by 50 to 100%. Most people just pay the summary and move on. Don't be most people. And if any of this is helpful, sign up for my free weekly newsletter by clicking the link in my bio and each week I'll send you over another money playbook that actually works!