medical-bill-decoder
Decode an itemized medical bill or EOB into plain English and find the charges worth disputing. Use when someone asks 'why is my medical bill so high', 'decode my hospital bill', 'what is this EOB saying', or 'can I negotiate this bill'. Produces a line-by-line decode, duplicate and unbundling flags, balance-billing red flags, and ready-to-read scripts for requesting an itemized bill, financial assistance, and a negotiation call.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill medical-bill-decoder --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Medical Bill Decoder Skill Medical bills are written in code — literally — and errors are common enough that reading yours carefully pays real money. This skill translates each line, flags the charges that look wrong, and hands over the exact words to say on the phone. ## What This Skill Produces - A line-by-line decode of charges into plain English - Ranked red flags: duplicates, unbundling, balance billing, implausible charges - Three scripts: request an itemized bill, ask about financial assistance, negotiate the balance - A prioritized action list — what to dispute first and with whom ## Required Inputs Ask for these only if they aren't already provided: - **The bill and/or EOB text** — pasted or transcribed. If it's only a summary bill, say so and lead with the itemized-bill request script; decode what's visible. - **Insurance status** — insured (in/out of network, if known), uninsured, or unsure. - **Context** — what the visit was for, and whether the facility was chosen in an emergency. ## Framework: Severity Scale Rate every finding: - 🔴 **Can cost you real money** — duplicate charges, unbundling (one procedure billed as several component codes), balance billing for out-
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: Severity Scale
- Output Format
- Medical Bill Decode: [provider / date of service]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
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What does the medical-bill-decoder skill do?
Decode an itemized medical bill or EOB into plain English and find the charges worth disputing. Use when someone asks 'why is my medical bill so high', 'decode my hospital bill', 'what is this EOB saying', or 'can I negotiate this bill'. Produces a line-by-line decode, duplicate and unbundling flags, balance-billing red flags, and ready-to-read scripts for requesting an itemized bill, financial assistance, and a negotiation call.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill medical-bill-decoder --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.