Does the CO address medical bills/co-pays?

He certainly should not pay all of it.

Our CS order addressed out of pocket medical expenses. It is usually in the fine print of the child support order. Our states that BM must pay $400 out of pocket before she can seek reimbursement from DH since DH pays a monthly average for medical in CS. The remaining out of pocket medical expenses (if there are any) exceeding that $400 is based on income differentials and states DH pays for 34% and BM pays 66% of all out-of-pocket medical expenses. BM makes significantly more than DH. Look closely and make sure percentages aren't listed (again they are often buried in the middle of the CS order with all the other legal jargon). 

So for example, if BM pays a medical bill and the out-of-pocket cost is $100, DH is responsible for $34 and BM is responsible for $66. That remaining balance of $100 is split between them both based on the calculation. Your DH shouldn't be responsible for the full remaining balance after insurance. And BM has to provide the proper paperwork (insurance denials, EOBs, etc.) before requesting reimbursement/payment.

My DH wasn't ordered by the CO to co-pay medical bills, but he has done so, at a max rate of 50%. BM amazingly hasn't taken advantage of that. Her only comment was that he could take her to some appointments too.  (Well if he was even informed that she had appointments he could do so, but if he doesn't know because BM and YSD don't tell him or talk about medical care with him he cannot know!) He didn't have to but he wants his kids to have medical care so he decided it as ok to do. I agreed with him on that one.

then you don't pay it. We covered insurance and it was in our name but BM was responsible for all out of pocket expenses. She actually tried to not pay once....the office sent HER into collections.  For minors (and even adults), there is a place stating who is responsible for paying. That does NOT mean who pays for insurance. BM here had custody and took kids to all appointments (what she wanted). Add in we covered all the last two kids up till age 25, so we sure as heck weren't responsible for THEIR medical bills even though we paid for the insurance.

As to the cost....if she sent you the bill, that should have all the details of what was done, charges, what insurance allowed and paid and the balance. I will say that is high for Urgent Care. My insurance has a simple co-pay for Urgent Care. Last time I used it at the UC, I paid my $40. That visit included an X-ray. So, if the bill isn't detailed, request one. 

Is it possible whe went the ER rather than Urgent Care?

Sounds familiar. Can you all deal with the billing dept at Urgent Care? 

If the CO says nothing about copays or medical expenses not covered by insurance, then.. .nope. CS is all that the NCP owes unless otherwise mentioned in the CO.

Our CO addresses this topic. Both parties slit equally any medical expenses not covered by insurance. Copays, etc....  Not that they ever did.  We have billed them for nearly 30 years for that stuff adding penalties and interest off of the IRS penalty and interest charts.  To the point they are in the hole to us for well over $10,000.  We have billed them twice a year every year since SS-31 aged out from under the CO at 18.  The ball-less moron in the idiot Harry Potter robes slinging the Fisher- Price wooden toddlers hammer did not have the stones to nail them for failure to pay and for contempt of court for violating the CO.  Nope. That dumbass 10%er of the legal profession on the SpermLand family law bench refused to address it and told us to take them to small claims court.  I refused to accept that and directly challenged the robed dipshitiot on the fact that HIS CO clearly addressed it and it was his duty to uphold his CO and bend them over and ram up up their ass to pay and ... send their asses to jail until they did.

That went over like a fart in church. So, we keep billing them and applying penalties and interest.  They whine about it each time they get the bill, whine that we need to let it go, etc, etc, etc. 

We never will. For all of eternity we will bill them and upon occasion we will continue to have our attorney send them a nasty gram on legal letterhead.  We really do not give a crap about the money.  We make sure they know that they are a collective POS and that we will always own their idiot asses ... until they do the right thing.  If they ever do pay, we will give it to our kid. Actually, we won't give him cash. They would no doubt immediately start the full court press for him to give that money back to them. SO, maybe a major vacation, or Rolex or something.  Engraved from his mom and I just to minimize the chance that they would weasle him or otherwise guilt him into selling it.

The CO should have addressed this somewhere.  Generally, out of pocket medical expenses are split between the parents.. and not considered something that Child Support will cover.

400 for an urgent care bill doesn't sound overly outrageous.. they may have had to run tests that added to the cost (the bill if itemized should have shown that.. and maybe some meds etc.. were included?)

Unless the CS he pays is so plush  (2K for example) that there might be an expectation that she cover some out of pocket medical costs.. I personally think the right thing for him to do is pay half of the out of pocket.. 90 dollars. 

I mean.. think about it this way.. let's say a child is seriously ill.. medical bills out of pocket thousands a month.. do we really think it's reasonable to think that only one parent is responsible.. just because the kid happened to be with them when they fell ill?

Again, the kid is your husband's responsibility.. even when she is with her mom (and vice versa).. so for something like this.. I think he should pay.  

But.. go through the CO.. for sure if he wants to take a stand that he won't pay.. she might try to go back to court ... esp if there could be circumstances where she might get a higher CS award.  

I would balk at extras for clothes.. or other "extras".. but medical care seems like it should be both parent's responsibility and insurance is not the end of that.

The whole bill.  Dr $. Test A $. Test B $ others $.  Not a paper with a total $.  You may get medical codes what are on line. 1234 Dr.   

I'm with others here - it would be very odd if medical bills isn't addressed in a standard custody order.  I have joint custody of my kids and we split medical 50/50.  If you're paying child suport though then I agree with others who say that it's on the mother to pay the uncovered portion of expenses.  I get the impression the mother is waving the bill to see if your household will cover some or all of it, this is what my SS's mother does with my DH - if it's not addressed in the CO, he pays excessive child support to the bum and doesn't entertain her hints.

And yes, that bill seems rather high for an Urgent Care visit.  Sounds more like ER fees.  Proof of payment and itemized invoices should always be requested if you're dealing with a shady BM before you give any sort of reimbursement to her.

5.  Each party shall be responsible for one half of unreimbursed medical, dental, optical, and orthodontic expenses incurred on behalf of the minor child.

Short and to the point.

The only other mention of medical costs in the CO, Spermidiot was ordered to provide health insurance for SS. He didn't for more than 10yrs.  So, we initiated a CO modification for CS to be increased to cover the additional costs for us to provide insurance for SS via my employer or my DW's employer.  When he finally did get coverage for SS, it was such crap that the Judge ordered him to provide that coverage and continue to pay for me to cover SS through my health insurance benefits.  Not a ton of money since the companies I have always worked for have great benefits. It was only about $15/mo for me to cover SS on my insurance. So less than $200/yr added to CS for the NCP.