. >> reporter: molly mckenna was in agonizing pain when her fiance rushed her to this austin, texas, baylor scott & white clinic last january. >> the doctor came in and said your ovary is a big hemorrhaging mess and we have to take it out. >> reporter: one of her ovaries was twisting inward cutting off the blood supply. >> it just got to the point where i could barely even breathe. she was transferred by ambulance to a larger baylor scott & white for surgery. at each stop staff took her private insurance card. a few weeks later she was told much of her treatment was out of network. the amount she owed? more than $40,000. i mean, what is that like for you? >> i remember crying. i was very upset. >> reporter: mckenna is just one of over 600 people we've heard from in our "medical price e financial gamble consumers hts face with medical care. >> i would be paying less out of pocket if i just had no insurance at all. >> reporter: insurance broker lora everist, who sold mckenna her policy says paying cash would have been cheaper. >> nobody told her that she was out of network. nobody gave

molly mckenna from texas owes more than $20,000 after a trip to the emergency room.ng hundreds of americans who responded with bills showing a wide range of prices for the same procedures. consumer investigative correspondent anna werner is here. how did that unexpected price tag affect poor molly? >> this 32-year-old bride-to-be says this sudden huge bill changed her understanding of her insurance, her financial picture and even her wedding plans. >> i thought that i was dying. it was really scary. >> reporter: you thought you were dying? >> i did. yes. >> reporter: molly mckenna said her medical and financial trouble began earlier this year with excruciating abdominal pain. >> hands down the most painful thing that i've ever experienced in my life. >> reporter: her fiance took her to this emergency room at baylor scott and white clinic where doctors told her it was an emergency. >> the doctor came in and said, your ovary is a big hemorrhaging mess. we have to take it out. >> reporter: she was transferred to a scott and white hospital where she presented her insuran

contacting molly mckenna to help solve this, norah. >> o'donnell: anna, the tionqu ou eporter: a fewhings. find out which hospitals are in your network that are close to you. >>nd out now. whneich shou old be cheaper. when the bill arrives try to negotiate. by the way, to share your prices you can go to cbsnews.com/healthcosts. share what you paid with us. >> o'donnell: i might log on arself. anna, thank you. sizzling heat baked much of the nation today. temperatures rose to record highs across the midwest and southeast. adriana diaz has more on this october heat wave. >> reporter: it's the second week of fall, but the eastern half of the country has fallen back to summer.it's!e sethis week natioise.nwes aer septembet his so hot, the red on this map marks where temperatures broke ll meteorologist and cbs climate contributor jeff berardelli: >>his certainly bears the fingerprints of human-caused climate change, making these heat waves more extreme now, and they're likely to get more extreme in the future. >> reporter: we interviewed him in central park, which could hit 90 degrees tomo