Did you know that negotiating your medical bills could potentially save you thousands?

When you open a medical bill, your eyes likely immediately fall on the total due. For many consumers, that's the full extent of their medical bill reading - eyeing what they owe and resigning themselves to the budgeting necessary to get it paid.

But with one in five Americans struggling with medical bills and as many as 80% of medical bills containing errors, it pays to know what you're looking at and how to possibly negotiate a lower balance.