Carle Foundation Hospital billed patient after four-hour wait without treatment

Autumn Daniels, a 32-year-old patient from Champaign, Illinois, received a hospital bill despite receiving no medical treatment during a four-hour visit to the Carle Foundation Hospital emergency room in Urbana.

After experiencing severe migraine symptoms, Daniels checked into the facility where staff recorded her vital signs and instructed her to wait. Following four hours of waiting without being seen by a doctor, she and her sister left to seek care at a different hospital, where she was eventually treated. Despite the lack of medical intervention at the first facility, a bill was issued for the visit.