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Everyone should request an itemized hospital bill, it is really interesting
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:37 pm
OR billed by the minute. $276.77 per minute for 51 minutes.
Anesthesia is also charged by the minute. $4.61 per minute of anesthesia.
Recovery room is at least charged by 15 minute intervals. $424 per 15 minutes of use
$1,648.71 for the staples
$42,000 billed to insurance for an outpatient lap appendectomy, not including the surgeon bill which is separate.
Anesthesia is also charged by the minute. $4.61 per minute of anesthesia.
Recovery room is at least charged by 15 minute intervals. $424 per 15 minutes of use
$1,648.71 for the staples
$42,000 billed to insurance for an outpatient lap appendectomy, not including the surgeon bill which is separate.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 2:39 pm
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:39 pm to GetCocky11
It’s criminal what they charge
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:40 pm to GetCocky11
For shits and giggles you should contact each of those listed and negotiate a cash payment. Report the difference.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:43 pm to GetCocky11
Worth every penny of it to get the gerbil out of your arse amirite?
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:43 pm to GetCocky11
Imagine how low insurance premiums could be if they wouldn't have to pay such an exorbitant amount.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:45 pm to GetCocky11
I made a mistake and asked Mamason for an itemized bill.
$5.00 a stroke and $10 for eye solution.
$5.00 a stroke and $10 for eye solution.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:45 pm to GetCocky11
I thought Obamacare was going to fix this.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:49 pm to GetCocky11
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$42,000 billed to insurance for an outpatient lap appendectomy, not including the surgeon bill which is separate.
That's about as much as one round of rabies immunoglobulin and 4 rounds of the vaccine
Healthcare is a criminal enterprise. Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:52 pm to GetCocky11
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OR billed by the minute. $276.77 per minute for 51 minutes.
Anesthesia is also charged by the minute. $4.61 per minute of anesthesia.
I'm currently disputing a bill because they only charged for these two with the 15 minute interval and of course teh procedure went 32 minutes. Those supposed extra two minutes are costing almost $5500 extra. Convenient
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:57 pm to GetCocky11
Are all of us except the legitimately wealthy just waiting for things to get so out of control that some absurd unpayable medical bill or home expense ruins us?
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:02 pm to GetCocky11
It’s almost equally as asinine how expensive some prescription medication is.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:05 pm to GetCocky11
My wife had 2 surgeries on each foot within a year to meet deductible. Pins and Fusions.
2 years later, one of the pins started working it's way out and protruding through her skin. called Doc and he said you're probably fused, come on in and i'll cut unscrew and put a dissolving suture on there. 15 minutes in and out. no paperwork. no nurse.
got a bill for $8k 4 months later. I said, no, you don't charge $32k an hour. I'd like a line item bill.
"we don't do that."
then we don't pay that. never heard back from them after that.
2 years later, one of the pins started working it's way out and protruding through her skin. called Doc and he said you're probably fused, come on in and i'll cut unscrew and put a dissolving suture on there. 15 minutes in and out. no paperwork. no nurse.
got a bill for $8k 4 months later. I said, no, you don't charge $32k an hour. I'd like a line item bill.
"we don't do that."
then we don't pay that. never heard back from them after that.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:08 pm to GetCocky11
It's all fricking criminal, and they purposely hide the costs from you. When you are in the midst of an emergency, medical crisis or procedure... should you really have to ask if "this is included or will it be extra" every time they do something?
Just recently had to take a kid to the Dr. for something that was going on, and they sent us to another Dr. where they did x-rays. Silly me. I guess I expected my insurance to cover all that, but instead I got a near 4 digit bill for it. I refused to pay it until I understood how an office visit turned into this. I haven't received any follow up, but I do expect a collections notice since it's pretty much all automated and inhuman now, anyway.
Just recently had to take a kid to the Dr. for something that was going on, and they sent us to another Dr. where they did x-rays. Silly me. I guess I expected my insurance to cover all that, but instead I got a near 4 digit bill for it. I refused to pay it until I understood how an office visit turned into this. I haven't received any follow up, but I do expect a collections notice since it's pretty much all automated and inhuman now, anyway.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:19 pm to GetCocky11
People continue to confuse “charges” and actual “collections.”
You can thank the government for this.
You can thank the government for this.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:22 pm to GetCocky11
4.61 per minute of anesthesia seems a damn bargain.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:24 pm to GetCocky11
you should see a heart surgery bill
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:24 pm to GetCocky11
That’s wild, feel like it’s only possible bc of insurance though, there is no way anyone in there right mind pays that
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:56 pm to GetCocky11
I agree. I was in the hospital for new onset Afib in February. I was there for 40 hrs, 17 of them sitting in the ER waiting for an inpatient bed, 27k. 13k for freaking IV fluids. Also, I’m an employee at the hospital.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:02 pm to GetCocky11
How much did the insurance company actually pay?
Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:11 pm to GetCocky11
I got an itemized bill for a hospital stay around 2005
I got charged $80 for a single pill of Nexium
I got charged $80 for a single pill of Nexium
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