yeah, a somewhat similar experience, but not to that monetary expense - ours 'just' $1,200 bill from the medical center on board the REGAL P when I passed out on deck. We also had to settle our account before leaving the ship, even with AON/Princess insurance, and a Medicare Advantage Plan ... long story shortened, we got the $1,200 back from Medicare Advantage Plan - and AON paid for post cruise testing, follow ups for deductibles and copays
Primary Doctor
Weekend ER visit and Testing
Cardiologist the next day (which was already scheduled).
Seems like about a 3 month process from when I first started filing the forms, EOBs, etc
@Host CJSKIDS kindly got me a folio printout which we were missing/misplaced/never got the email, when she was on board a later cruise.
I believe our only out of pocket expense was a $28 fee for the shipboard medical record printout.
But, back on point - the having to settle immediately the on board medical center account can be very problematic.