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When you get healthcare, how much do you tip?

Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:09 am
Posted by TrueTiger
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Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
137633 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:20 am to
Healthcare? The payment i make is the tip after insurance. Never seen that at a medical place. Who gets the tip?
Posted by The Cow Goes Moo Moo
Bucktown
Member since Nov 2012
4211 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:29 am to
If the nurse is cute, I give her the whole shaft. Gross doctor, just the tip.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
40097 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:37 am to
When it comes to tipping for healthcare I identify as black.
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
12014 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:46 am to
The only time you leave a tip in health care, is when you have a circumcision.
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 5:49 am
Posted by Rex Feral
Member since Jan 2014
16340 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:49 am to
quote:

Gross doctor, just the tip.


Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
24331 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:09 am to
I had a newly hired phlebotomist ask if he could accept tips. Told him yes, but he would be immediately fired. Actually, I have only heard of one incident in health care where someone tried to tip a phlebotomist and that was an idiot friend of mine.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
8150 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:33 am to
I give my dentist and primary doctor wine for Christmas. Does that count?
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 6:34 am
Posted by HogBalls
Member since Nov 2014
9057 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:42 am to
Next up: $5 to unlock my test results
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
35872 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:03 am to
I tip those “spin that screen around” folks absolutely nothing. I tip a bartender a dollar per drink, and a waitress who take our order and brings us the food gets 20-25 percent.

Those folks make less than minimum wage. They depend on tips. The person at the donut counter does not.

Lots of things are done better in Europe. Tipping culture is one of them.
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 8:04 am
Posted by BigPapiDoesItAgain
Amérique du Nord
Member since Nov 2009
3422 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:45 am to
That's almost surely one of those non-diagnostic "for fun" sonos that people do these days. Prenatal Peek is one of the more known franchises. Those are cash only enterprises set to click the right social media boxes. Even more reason to be incensed about new tipping paradigms.
Posted by T1gerNate
Member since Feb 2020
2912 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:52 am to
I agree this is tacky but in fairness it’s probably not an actual medical clinic like you’d think but one of those new boutique type ultrasound places they have now.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
43736 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:54 am to
Only health care I’ve ever felt a need to tip for was a prostate exam.
Posted by nuwaydawg
Member since Nov 2007
2172 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:55 am to
My primary care doctor has a small staff. I stop by a local store and pick up a sackful of sausage/cheese/egg biscuits. I keep one until my blood is drawn. They always send me a thankyou note.

My dentist refilled a filling (1.5 years old) and didn't charge me. Went to the bakery down the street and brought the staff a box of apple fritters and petit-fours.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
21124 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:00 am to
quote:

Only health care I’ve ever felt a need to tip for was a prostate exam.

The thread is about being asked for tips, not about accepting the tip
Posted by jnethe1
Pearland
Member since Dec 2012
17386 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:00 am to
Can we get rid of tipping all together?
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 9:01 am
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
20992 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:13 am to
No tips, but I sometimes complete the surveys they send.

It’s pretty sad that cardiologists and dermatologists are reduced to begging for a good review like a YouTuber with a makeup tips channel.
Posted by BigUglies10
Member since Jan 2026
753 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:15 am to
I wonder how much the Somalis tip with free healthcare.
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
4273 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 11:07 am to
I normally leave them a urine sample and then send them a 1099 at the end of the year.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
31172 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 11:09 am to
How happy am I at the end of the appointment?
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