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seeing the actual prices of transplant surgery is sobering.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:24 pm
If one can't be covered, just seems like you're screwed.
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Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:24 pm to SEClint
Liver transplants are esp. Sobering
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:25 pm to SEClint
still planning on that penis transplant?
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:25 pm to SEClint
My liver is going to cost me that much?
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:25 pm to fightingtiger2335
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:25 pm to fightingtiger2335
:rimshot:
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:26 pm to Kafka
Nah, just the reduction. I'm tired of stepping on it.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:26 pm to SEClint
Looks like you get a big discount for heart-lung together so if you're going in for one, you might as well get the other changed out.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:27 pm to SEClint
LOL at healthcare transparency. First no one pays this. Honestly no one. This is what is charged not what is paid. Insurance companies have contractuals so they don't pay that. Those with no insurance will get a bill for that but won't ever pay. I would take the numbers you see there and multiply by 0.25 for a more reasonable estimate.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:28 pm to SEClint
Who would've thought intestine would be the most expensive.
Are transplants typically covered under insurance?
Are transplants typically covered under insurance?
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:30 pm to SEClint
The people who aren't covered are never the people who can afford it. It's just the way it works
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:37 pm to SEClint
A bargain if you do the heart and lung together instead of separately.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:38 pm to SEClint
Sonofabitch
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:45 pm to SEClint
Why are intestines so high. Don't we have a million miles of poop shoot?
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:47 pm to Sir Drinksalot
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Why are intestines so high. Don't we have a million miles of poop shoot?
think you may have answered your own question. Lot of organs.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:52 pm to CaptainJ47
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LOL at healthcare transparency. First no one pays this. Honestly no one. This is what is charged not what is paid. Insurance companies have contractuals so they don't pay that. Those with no insurance will get a bill for that but won't ever pay. I would take the numbers you see there and multiply by 0.25 for a more reasonable estimate.
This. The hospitals waaaaay overcharge for everything on paper because a lot of insurances (and Medicare) cover a certain percentage (and it's pretty low) of what they're charged. So the hospitals jack up the rates so they get paid what they need to get paid.
For example, let's say a procedure costs a hospital $300 to perform. And Medicare pays only
30% of these types of procedures. The hospital jacks the rate up to $1000 so that when they submit the bill, Medicare pays them $300. It's a game.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 10:56 pm to gorillacoco
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For example, let's say a procedure costs a hospital $300 to perform. And Medicare pays only
30% of these types of procedures. The hospital jacks the rate up to $1000 so that when they submit the bill, Medicare pays them $300. It's a game.
But if you are not covered, and have to pay out of pocket. Can be a nightmare.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 11:04 pm to SEClint
There's no way the whole poop shoot needs replacing. Probably more of a patch job. One cadaver body=patches for 500
Posted on 4/18/15 at 11:12 pm to SEClint
The thought of having to have a transplant is much more sobering than any amount of money. Thanks for depressing me. I need Hernandez' guards to leave him and come watch me now.
I had an October 4, 2010-January 6, 2011 hospital stay with multiple surgeries where I owed about $8000.00 out of pocket when I got home.
I had an October 4, 2010-January 6, 2011 hospital stay with multiple surgeries where I owed about $8000.00 out of pocket when I got home.
Posted on 4/18/15 at 11:16 pm to chinese58
That's a decent hospital stretch. What surgeries were you in for?
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