MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A contract dispute is underway between USA Well being and UnitedHealthcare.

The hospital system mentioned the dispute entails College Hospital and Kids’s & Ladies’s Hospital.

USA Well being mentioned if an settlement can’t be reached by the top of subsequent month, the contract will expire.

If that occurs, individuals with a industrial UnitedHealthcare plan will now not have in-network protection at these hospitals. That might imply larger out-of-pocket bills.

Windfall Hospital has been out of community since final November.

UnitedHealthcare was contacted for a response however had not replied as of tonight.