Talked to lawyer regarding car accident. Does what he say sound weird?

I talked to a lawyer regarding a car accident my wife was in last week. Basically, a drunk driver rear ended her on the freeway. He does not have insurance. Luckily we have uninsured motorist insurance.

What the lawyer said was that she could go to a “special car accident clinic” to get treatment. There is no cost up front.

The lawyer would then ask our insurance company to pay for medical bills from this clinic (let's say they're $10,000).

After our insurance company agrees to pay us the $10,000, he goes back to the clinic which will then only take, let's say, $4,000 as payment. We would then keep the $6,000 difference minus the lawyer's cut.

Is this commonplace? The lawyer assured us this is “how the system works”.

Also, if the insurance company, for whatever reason, decides to not pay the medical bills, would we be stuck with the bill or would it work like with a lawyer where they only get payed if there is a settlement?

Thanks in advance.

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