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ing to the national consumer law center a leading cause of bankruptcy in the u.s is medical debt they say surprise medical bills from out-of-network doctors play a big role in this issue a viral tick-tock claims that hospitals are legally required to provide an itemized bill which is a line-by-line breakdown of all medical services and their costs if a patient requests one these detailed bills allow patients to check for and contest duplicate or erroneous charges but this claim needs context using these sources let me walk you through what is and isn't required when it comes to hospital bills there is no federal legal requirement that hospitals provide an itemized bill upon request like that viral video implies except when it comes to medicare patients they have that right regardless of location ing to the centers for medicare and medicaid services as for everyone else well about half of states have laws on the books that give patients the right to receive a copy of an itemized bill from a hospital upon request in the other states hospital systems can set their own policies about providing itemized bills and if they don't have a policy our experts warn hospitals could refuse to provide you with one patient advocacy expert anne marie quintagli mikel wayne says patients should find out if their state has a patient's bill of rights which is a document that explains how people can reasonably expect to be treated during their hospital stay including whether or not they're entitled to an itemized bill what is required nationwide is that hospitals provide a good faith estimate of all costs in advance to medical care for uninsured patients and those paying out of pocket this is because of the no surprises act that went into effect in january with your verify i'm ariandee till