This is in support of Deborah Baron's letter in the March 13 edition of the Ledger Dispatch, and her confusion about Sutter Amador Hospital's billings and their method of operation. In late 2004, a friend had some work done at the hospital and received a bill for over $600. She promptly paid the bill and then received another one a few weeks later for the same amount. She contacted the hospital (thinking that it was an error) and was told that she had to pay it. The date of service, the billing code, the description and the amounts were the same; the only difference was the account number. I tried to get her to not pay the second bill, but she went ahead and paid it when they threatened her with a collection agency. It seems to me that, if they are double billing patients, are they double billing insurance agencies? One name, one account number please.