Steg 1 r vl snarare att tjejen r intresserad utav en <| sep |> Little known fact Darwin ' s halfcousin Francis Galton was a statisticianscientist who studied the efficacy of prayer . <| sep |> Depending on what services he billed for , that might be about right , especially if he performed any type of procedure on her . You can try asking for a discount but you are up against 2 things . 1 . Typically for an innetwork patient , providers hospitals , doctors , labs , etc are not supposed to negotiate or adjust the patient responsibility as determined by the insurance company . This is a typical term in their contract with the insurance company . Typically they are only allowed to perform an adjustment after quite sometime and various collections efforts have been performed 1 year since date of service and at least 3 statements mailed or something like that . 2 . They have little reason to negotiate with you , at this point you are basically just taking money out of their pocket . So they will probably just say We can set you up with a payment plan . Your best bet is to just offer a flat sum today and see if they will take it and just be quiet about adjusting off the difference .