Did you read the full article by chance? Saying 'the patient just went along for the ride' insinuates that the patient was complicit when in reality the patient reported the whole incident themselves after they received the bills. They did this even though
they didn't have to pay anything. And they told the provider they were going to report them.
> "I made it very clear [to the doctor's office] that I was unhappy about it," Kasdan says. In fact, she told them she would report the doctor to New York state's Office of Professional Medical Conduct.
> Kasdan says she was not told that the throat swab was being sent out of network at the time of her appointment, though it's possible one of the many papers she signed included a broad caveat that some services might not be in network.