Stanley v. Walker

SULLIVAN, Justice.

The amount of medical expenses actually paid by the plaintiff in this personal injury case was discounted from the amount originally billed because of arrangements between the plaintiff's health insurance company and the medical service providers. The defendant sought to introduce evidence of the discounted amount actually paid over the plaintiffs objection that Indiana's "collateral source" statute bars evidence of insurance benefits To the extent the discounted amounts may be introduced without referencing insurance, they may be used to determine the reasonable value of…