On the day of the medical appointment my spouse and I showed up at the XXXX XXXX and checked in with the insurance/payment person. I stated that my insurance had recently changed and if I was not covered, I did not want to be seen ; rather, I would walk away from incurring the charge because I could not afford it. This was all witnessed by my spouse. The insurance person made some efforts to confirm my coverage and told me that I was certainly covered and there would be no problem with going forward with the visit. Of course, later, the XXXX billing department said I was not covered and demanded {$2500.00} for XXXX visits, all charges worked up for the XXXX XXXX doctor 's visit. I offered to pay the amount of my typical deductible, which was refused as payment. They required me to submit to their disputed bill department, which I did, to no avail. Then they repeatedly called me, threatening to send the bill to collections to ruin my credit rating despite the fraud they committed upon me, again refusing just payment, as they promised to accept at the time the service was performed. And now I receive a collection letter from a law firm telling me to submit the same information all over again if I dispute the outrageous charge. On XXXX treatment visits, I rehearsed I did not want to be seen if I was not covered by insurance. My new insurance flatly refused to pay XXXX charges ( XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Arizona ). 
