How a Patient Advocate Can Help Lower Your Medical Bills

Cindy Johnson, BCPA, CSA
Nov 12
2 min read

Updated: 7 days ago

If you’ve ever opened a hospital bill and thought, “This can’t be right,” you’re probably correct. According to recent studies, as many as 80% of medical bills contain errors — from duplicate charges to incorrect coding. And when your insurance denies a claim, getting answers can take hours (or weeks and months) of calls and emails.

At The Patient Advocate Agency, we’ve seen it all — and we know how to fix it.

Where Medical Billing Goes Wrong

Even the most careful patients get blindsided by billing mistakes. Maybe a procedure wasn’t pre-

authorized, or your insurance processed it as “out of network.” Sometimes you’ll get separate bills from the same hospital for doctors you never met.

Most people just give up and pay what they think they owe. But you don’t have to.

Medical Billing Help From a Patient Advocate

Here’s what we do:

Review every bill line by line to spot duplicate or inaccurate charges.
Communicate with billing departments and insurance companies to correct errors and appeal denials.
Negotiate with hospitals and providers for fair, reduced payment when possible.
Explain your benefits clearly so you know what’s covered and what’s not.

We’ve helped clients across Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, and La Quinta save thousands of dollars.

Why It’s Worth It

A single billing mistake can cost you hundreds of dollars. Getting medical billing help from a Patient Advocate doesn’t just save money; it saves time, energy, and stress. We deal with the phone calls and paperwork so you don’t have to.

You focus on healing — we’ll focus on fairness.