Business ProfileforLong Island Jewish Medical Center Northwell Health

My wife had a vaginal delivery at **** womens hospital on 11/16 and was discharged with the baby on 11/18. Before we left the billing person came in and told us the amount we needed to pay. They billed the insurance over $30,000 and my copay came out to be $3420.19. I paid that amount and was told this was the overall charge for both mother and son. Later on I was sent another bill under my sons name. He was billed $11,293 and I was asked to pay another $3970. When we called the hospital billing department and asked about it, they failed to explain this new bill in detail. When asked to send an itemized bill, they sent us something that says nursery for newborn day 1 is $8315. My son never went to the nursery and only left the room once for an hearing exam. So we were wrongly charged this $8315 amount. Overall the hospital is billing our insurance over $41,000 for a regular vaginal delivery even though the cost estimator on their own website says cost should be $25,055. And that makes me feel they are charging different amounts to insured and uninsured patients and not following the new law passed by governor ****** that states that merchants must post the highest price a consumer might pay for a product regardless of payment methods. On top of the $11,000, my son was also billed $851 separately by the visiting pediatrician which I already paid my portion. I want them to stop overbilling insured patients and clearly state on their website the maximum amount a patient needs to pay for. As for my son, I would want them to take off the nursery charge of $8000 and also clearly state why this bill was sent when we already paid our dues before leaving the hospital. Thank you.