I get sent a deceptive bill every time I use the hospital. I think the idea is to show you what they are billing your insurance (not what insurance pays in the end), but it is always marked as "payment due" even though the insurance is going to foot the bill.
Yea and that's also part of the problem. Most of us ignore this stuff because we have insurance but this is why the racket keeps going. But ultimately, someone pays for it somewhere.