<human>: Hello Reddit.

This is not an interesting post by any means, but you are an intellectual crowd and I need some advice.

I recently moved to a new town and the cysts on my head (common, genetic, benign) were getting large enough to the point that I felt they needed to be removed.

I scheduled an appointment at a dermatologist. The private practice was opened only for 3-4 months and had a few good reviews, so I went.

My first visit I explained my problem: the cysts. The Dr. gave me a "yeah yeah no problem" and began examining my moles (I'm a moley guy) and picked out one she wanted to remove.

I told her if she was concerned then we should get it out.

She took a nip with a hole-punch-like thing and sent me on my way, to come back in 2 weeks.

After the biopsy came back as "slightly irregular but not cancerous" the Dr. suggested I get the rest removed along with my cysts on the 2 week mark. I agreed.

After surgery, the mole-area got infected with staph twice and I have been put on 3 courses of antibiotics and my body is rejecting the (cheap) internal vicryl stitches. 1.5 months post-op and I still have an open wound.

On top of all these troubles, I recently got my bill:

Two surgery co-pays. I now owe $300.

My insurance is Blue Cross and requires a $35 copay. I paid this on my first visit, but once I got billed, they changed it to $150 (what I pay for a surgery)

They also considered it 2 separate surgeries rather than 1.

The reason I am spending so much time defending myself is that I was an AmeriCorps VISTA this last year and now I am unemployed: I simply cannot afford to pay a surgery copay that seems unjust to me.

So, did this new private dermatologist make a mistake, or do I need to pay for two separate surgeries on the same mole on my body?

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<bot>: A new dermatologist partially removed my mole, then fully. They charged me for two surgeries and I cannot afford it. Do I contest it?