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Mr. Gonzalez presented to Mercy General the day of the collision (03/14/2026) with acute lower-back pain; the ED noted lumbar strain with tenderness at L4–L5 Mercy General — ED Records · p.4.

A lumbar MRI on 03/29 showed a 4 mm disc herniation at L4–L5 with right nerve-root impingement Lumbar MRI — Imaging Report · p.3. Valley Orthopedics diagnosed lumbar radiculopathy and recommended physical therapy and an epidural steroid injection Valley Orthopedics — Notes · p.12.

He completed 18 physical-therapy sessions between April and June 2026, with notes documenting persistent radicular symptoms Active Recovery PT — Notes · p.2p.31, and received a lumbar epidural steroid injection on 05/30 Valley Orthopedics — Notes · p.21.

Two charges on the Mercy General bill aren't supported by the record:

• Mercy bills CPT 72148 (lumbar MRI, $3,200) on 03/14/26, but the ED record that day documents a lumbar X-ray only — "X-ray negative for acute fracture" — with no MRI Mercy General — ED Records · p.4.

• Mercy bills CPT 72148 again on 03/29/26 ($3,200), but that MRI was performed at Valley Imaging Center per the radiology report Lumbar MRI — Imaging Report · p.3. Mercy's supportable charge for that date is the $470 over-read (CPT 76140).

That's $6,400 across 2 line items flagged as not supported by the record. errata flags them for your review — it doesn't remove or adjust them; that's your call. The total billed remains $23,860.

Answers are drawn only from the 13 ingested files and cite their source.

Florida PIP boxes are checked: the plaintiff treated the day of the accident — well within the 14-day window — and the ED record reflects an emergency-medical-condition determination Mercy General — ED Records · p.4Mercy General — ED Records · p.5.

Both Active Recovery PT lines ($8,965) are billed under a letter of protection Letter of Protection · p.1 — currently unpaid and subject to LOP disclosure obligations at trial.

No physician permanency opinion appears in the record: the PT discharge notes residual radicular symptoms but stops short of a permanency finding within reasonable medical probability Active Recovery PT — Notes · p.31 — worth obtaining before you demand on § 627.737 pain-and-suffering.

errata flags these for your review; it doesn't decide them.