Watch: What Happened To That $500K Dialysis Bill

After Sovereign Valentine suffered kidney failure, he got a $540,842 bill for 14 weeks of out-of-network dialysis care. Here, he and his wife, Dr. Jessica Valentine, described their experience. Their Bill of the Month story was told by KHN, NPR and CBS.

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<h1>Watch: What Happened To That $500K Dialysis Bill</h1>
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			August 6, 2019		</time>
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<p></p><p>After Sovereign Valentine suffered kidney failure, he got a $540,842 bill for 14 weeks of out-of-network dialysis care. Here, he and his wife, Dr. Jessica Valentine, described their experience. Their <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/first-kidney-failure-then-a-540842-bill-for-dialysis/">Bill of the Month</a> story was told by KHN, NPR and CBS.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-what-happened-to-that-500k-dialysis-bill/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-what-happened-to-that-500k-dialysis-bill/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-what-happened-to-that-500k-dialysis-bill/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Watch%3A%20What%20Happened%20To%20That%20%24500K%20Dialysis%20Bill&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FOTgxODYz&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-what-happened-to-that-500k-dialysis-bill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-what-happened-to-that-500k-dialysis-bill/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-what-happened-to-that-500k-dialysis-bill/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=981863&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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